How to bind a List<string> to a DataGridView control?

Try this:

IList<String> list_string= new List<String>();
DataGridView.DataSource = list_string.Select(x => new { Value = x }).ToList();
dgvSelectedNode.Show();

I hope this helps.

Thats because DataGridView looks for properties of containing objects. For string there is just one property - length. So, you need a wrapper for a string like this

public class StringValue
{
    public StringValue(string s)
    {
        _value = s;
    }
    public string Value { get { return _value; } set { _value = value; } }
    string _value;
}

Then bind List<StringValue> object to your grid. It works