Datagridview features missing in Radgridview?

[Jan Hesselgren]

Hello, I have been using the "old" DataGridView control, and there are some features that seem to be missing in the RadGridView.

Ctrl-A does not select all rows.

Ctrl-C does not copy selected row contents to clipboard.

I have tried to make my own implementation of these features but I can't find something similar to the DataGridView.GetClipboardContent-method.

Also, I couldn't find a way to ovverride the "Copy"-function that exists on the context-menu. Is there an event to subscribe on?

Thanks in advance!

[Martin Vasilev]

Hi Jan Hesselgren,

Thank you for the questions.

Currently, RadGridView does not support built-in selection and copy with key combination. Nevertheless, you could achieve such behavior by using the KeyDown event. Please refer to the code-block below:

private void radGridView1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.A && e.Control)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < this.radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.RowCount; i++)
        {
            this.radGridView1.MasterGridViewTemplate.Rows[i].IsSelected = true;
            this.radGridView1.GridElement.Update(GridUINotifyAction.StateChanged);
        }
    }
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.C && e.Control)
    {
        //change code below according to your custom logic when copy the current row
        Clipboard.SetDataObject(this.radGridView1.CurrentRow.ToString());
    }
}

To set some custom logic in context menu items, you could use the ContectMenuOpening event. There, you could access context menu items and implement your click event for a single item:

private void radGridView1_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
    RadDropDownMenu contextMenu = e.ContextMenu;

    contextMenu.Items[0].Click += new EventHandler(ContextMenuCopy_Click);
}

void ContextMenuCopy_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Copy click!");
}

 
I hope this helps. If you have other questions, do not hesitate to contact me again.

All the best,
Martin Vasilev
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[Jan Hesselgren]

Thanks, that wasn't as complicated as I thought :)

[Nikolay]

Hello Jan Hesselgren,

I am glad to hear that the issue has now been resolved. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact me.

All the best,
Nikolay
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