right click context menu for datagridview
I have a datagridview in a .NET winform app. I would like to rightclick on a row and have a menu pop up. Then i would like to select things such as copy, validate, etc
How do i make A) a menu pop up B) find which row was right clicked. I know i could use selectedIndex but i should be able to right click without changing what is selected? right now i could use selected index but if there is a way to get the data without changing what is selected then that would be useful.
Solution 1:
You can use the CellMouseEnter and CellMouseLeave to track the row number that the mouse is currently hovering over.
Then use a ContextMenu object to display you popup menu, customised for the current row.
Here's a quick and dirty example of what I mean...
private void dataGridView1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
{
ContextMenu m = new ContextMenu();
m.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem("Cut"));
m.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem("Copy"));
m.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem("Paste"));
int currentMouseOverRow = dataGridView1.HitTest(e.X,e.Y).RowIndex;
if (currentMouseOverRow >= 0)
{
m.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem(string.Format("Do something to row {0}", currentMouseOverRow.ToString())));
}
m.Show(dataGridView1, new Point(e.X, e.Y));
}
}
Solution 2:
While this question is old, the answers aren't proper. Context menus have their own events on DataGridView. There is an event for row context menu and cell context menu.
The reason for which these answers aren't proper is they do not account for different operation schemes. Accessibility options, remote connections, or Metro/Mono/Web/WPF porting might not work and keyboard shortcuts will down right fail (Shift+F10 or Context Menu key).
Cell selection on right mouse click has to be handled manually. Showing the context menu does not need to be handled as this is handled by the UI.
This completely mimics the approach used by Microsoft Excel. If a cell is part of a selected range, the cell selection doesn't change and neither does CurrentCell. If it isn't, the old range is cleared and the cell is selected and becomes CurrentCell.
If you are unclear on this, CurrentCell is where the keyboard has focus when you press the arrow keys. Selected is whether it is part of SelectedCells. The context menu will show on right click as handled by the UI.
private void dgvAccount_CellMouseDown(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.ColumnIndex != -1 && e.RowIndex != -1 && e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right)
{
DataGridViewCell c = (sender as DataGridView)[e.ColumnIndex, e.RowIndex];
if (!c.Selected)
{
c.DataGridView.ClearSelection();
c.DataGridView.CurrentCell = c;
c.Selected = true;
}
}
}
Keyboard shortcuts do not show the context menu by default, so we have to add them in.
private void dgvAccount_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if ((e.KeyCode == Keys.F10 && e.Shift) || e.KeyCode == Keys.Apps)
{
e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
DataGridViewCell currentCell = (sender as DataGridView).CurrentCell;
if (currentCell != null)
{
ContextMenuStrip cms = currentCell.ContextMenuStrip;
if (cms != null)
{
Rectangle r = currentCell.DataGridView.GetCellDisplayRectangle(currentCell.ColumnIndex, currentCell.RowIndex, false);
Point p = new Point(r.X + r.Width, r.Y + r.Height);
cms.Show(currentCell.DataGridView, p);
}
}
}
}
I've reworked this code to work statically, so you can copy and paste them into any event.
The key is to use CellContextMenuStripNeeded since this will give you the context menu.
Here's an example using CellContextMenuStripNeeded where you can specify which context menu to show if you want to have different ones per row.
In this context MultiSelect is True and SelectionMode is FullRowSelect. This is just for the example and not a limitation.
private void dgvAccount_CellContextMenuStripNeeded(object sender, DataGridViewCellContextMenuStripNeededEventArgs e)
{
DataGridView dgv = (DataGridView)sender;
if (e.RowIndex == -1 || e.ColumnIndex == -1)
return;
bool isPayment = true;
bool isCharge = true;
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dgv.SelectedRows)
{
if ((string)row.Cells["P/C"].Value == "C")
isPayment = false;
else if ((string)row.Cells["P/C"].Value == "P")
isCharge = false;
}
if (isPayment)
e.ContextMenuStrip = cmsAccountPayment;
else if (isCharge)
e.ContextMenuStrip = cmsAccountCharge;
}
private void cmsAccountPayment_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
int itemCount = dgvAccount.SelectedRows.Count;
string voidPaymentText = "&Void Payment"; // to be localized
if (itemCount > 1)
voidPaymentText = "&Void Payments"; // to be localized
if (tsmiVoidPayment.Text != voidPaymentText) // avoid possible flicker
tsmiVoidPayment.Text = voidPaymentText;
}
private void cmsAccountCharge_Opening(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
int itemCount = dgvAccount.SelectedRows.Count;
string deleteChargeText = "&Delete Charge"; //to be localized
if (itemCount > 1)
deleteChargeText = "&Delete Charge"; //to be localized
if (tsmiDeleteCharge.Text != deleteChargeText) // avoid possible flicker
tsmiDeleteCharge.Text = deleteChargeText;
}
private void tsmiVoidPayment_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int paymentCount = dgvAccount.SelectedRows.Count;
if (paymentCount == 0)
return;
bool voidPayments = false;
string confirmText = "Are you sure you would like to void this payment?"; // to be localized
if (paymentCount > 1)
confirmText = "Are you sure you would like to void these payments?"; // to be localized
voidPayments = (MessageBox.Show(
confirmText,
"Confirm", // to be localized
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
MessageBoxIcon.Warning,
MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2
) == DialogResult.Yes);
if (voidPayments)
{
// SQLTransaction Start
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dgvAccount.SelectedRows)
{
//do Work
}
}
}
private void tsmiDeleteCharge_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int chargeCount = dgvAccount.SelectedRows.Count;
if (chargeCount == 0)
return;
bool deleteCharges = false;
string confirmText = "Are you sure you would like to delete this charge?"; // to be localized
if (chargeCount > 1)
confirmText = "Are you sure you would like to delete these charges?"; // to be localized
deleteCharges = (MessageBox.Show(
confirmText,
"Confirm", // to be localized
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
MessageBoxIcon.Warning,
MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2
) == DialogResult.Yes);
if (deleteCharges)
{
// SQLTransaction Start
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dgvAccount.SelectedRows)
{
//do Work
}
}
}
Solution 3:
Use the CellMouseDown event on the DataGridView. From the event handler arguments you can determine which cell was clicked. Using the PointToClient() method on the DataGridView you can determine the relative position of the pointer to the DataGridView, so you can pop up the menu in the correct location.
(The DataGridViewCellMouseEvent parameter just gives you the X and Y relative to the cell you clicked, which isn't as easy to use to pop up the context menu.)
This is the code I used to get the mouse position, then adjust for the position of the DataGridView:
var relativeMousePosition = DataGridView1.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
this.ContextMenuStrip1.Show(DataGridView1, relativeMousePosition);
The entire event handler looks like this:
private void DataGridView1_CellMouseDown(object sender, DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs e)
{
// Ignore if a column or row header is clicked
if (e.RowIndex != -1 && e.ColumnIndex != -1)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
{
DataGridViewCell clickedCell = (sender as DataGridView).Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex];
// Here you can do whatever you want with the cell
this.DataGridView1.CurrentCell = clickedCell; // Select the clicked cell, for instance
// Get mouse position relative to the vehicles grid
var relativeMousePosition = DataGridView1.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
// Show the context menu
this.ContextMenuStrip1.Show(DataGridView1, relativeMousePosition);
}
}
}