Is there a way to specify the width of the text-boxes that a datagrid renders when in edit mode, other than by using a template column, so that the overal width of the datagrid remains roughly constant? The thing is scrolling off the edge of my screen when a user presses an edit button.

Thanks.

Aaron

In a handler for the ItemDataBount datagrid event, look into each cell in e.Item.Cells for a textbox control. Then explicitly define the style for it. You might be able to get away with width=100% and have the textbox fill the cell width. Seeing as the text in other rows will probably govern the overall column width, this mostly works. Here's some code:

Private Sub DataGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs) Handles DataGrid1.ItemDataBound
    Dim txtTextBox As TextBox
    Select Case e.Item.ItemType
        Case ListItemType.EditItem
            For Each objCell As TableCell In e.Item.Cells
                If objCell.Controls.Count > 0 Then
                    If TypeOf objCell.Controls(0) Is TextBox Then
                        txtTextBox = CType(objCell.Controls(0), TextBox)
                        If txtTextBox.Text.Length > 150 Then
                            txtTextBox.TextMode = TextBoxMode.MultiLine
                            txtTextBox.Rows = 4
                        End If
                        txtTextBox.Style.Item("width") = "100%"
                    End If
                End If
            Next
    End Select
End Sub


-Peter