Hi,

I am using datagrid in my asp.net web application as it gives me lots of option for formatting and changing it's layout and make it attractive.
But I could not format a Button added through ButtonColumn. Can anyone tell me how, I can change look and feel of a button in datagrid as we can do it with datagrid.



Vinod Pawar
Software Developer
India

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Vinod Pawar
United States

You could try using CSS.

dont think about your grid ...
every webcontrol has two main properties for working with its CSS
1-Style
2-CssClass

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Mehdi.:)

Thanks for reply, but still it does not work. If I put cssStyle explicitly it raises exception and if I use ItemStyle-CssClass it formats that particular cell which is holding this push button.

here I am pasting my code could you please give me what exactly I should you and where should I put either style or CssClass in ButtonColumn

<asp:DataGrid id="dgUsers" runat="server" OnItemCommand="dgUsers_ItemCommand" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyField="ID">
    <Columns>
        <asp:ButtonColumn Text="Block" ButtonType="PushButton" CommandName="Select"></asp:ButtonColumn>
    </Columns>
</asp:DataGrid>

Vinod Pawar
Software Developer
India

I think its better not to use ButtonColumn,
you could also use ItemTemplate and put a button and change the CssClass of the button(and also set the CommandName of this button)
although its practical to change your ButtonColumn somewhere in the codebehind
(but if I were you I'd use ItemTemplate due to this situation)
HtH.


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Mehdi.:)

I agree with Mehdi's suggesion. It will be good idea not to use buttoncolumn in this situation. You can try using the following code snippet.


<asp:datagrid.....>
  <columns>
    <asp:templatecolumn .....>
      <headerstyle ....></headerstyle>
      <itemstyle></itemstyle>
      <itemtemplate>
        <asp:imagebutton cssclass="xx" commandname="yy" commandargument="zz"></asp:imagebutton>
      </itemtemplate>
    </asp:templatecolumn>
  </columns>
</asp:datagrid>

You use style the button the way you want it in this way. You can use the datagrid's ItemCommand event to capture the click event of the button.