Question

I have a GridView with a ButtonField of type link

 <asp:ButtonField ButtonType="Link" CommandName="more" HeaderText="Name Expands" DataTextField="name" />

When the buttonField is pressed, I want to show one extra cell, in the next column. BUT I don’t want to show the whole column, just the cell on that column that belongs to that row.

so i created the following

protected void gv2_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.CommandName == "more")

and e.CommandArgument tells me the number of row that was pressed

if now I say “gv2.Columns[3].Visible = true; the whole extra column goes visible, here i would like to show only one cell from that column.

and if I say:

gv2.Rows[Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument)].Visible = true;   

then the extra column with the field I want stays invisible.

how can I do that?

Many Thanks!

Answer 1

I haven’t found a way to do this. Instead I opted for creating another gridview “gv2” that is invisible. When the user clicks one of the buttonfields, In the RowCommand Function I grab the information I need and place it on the invisible grid + the cell I wanted to make visible.

since i’m using AJAX with an “update Panel” it doesn’t look too bad.(thats my opinion)

Here you can see how it looks http://www.nicoteksolutions.com/Forms/feed.aspx

Thanks!
Nico