Obtains the cells, rows, and columns selected in the Windows Forms DataGridView control.

Obtain the selected cells in the DataGridView control.

• UseSelectedCellsAttribute.

  Note:
  You can use the AreAllCellsSelected method to avoid displaying cells with large amounts of data.

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  Private Sub selectedCellsButton_Click( _
  ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  Handles selectedCellsButton.Click
  
  Dim selectedCellCount As Integer = _
          dataGridView1.GetCellCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected)
  
  If selectedCellCount > 0 Then
  
  If dataGridView1.AreAllCellsSelected(True) Then
  
              MessageBox.Show("All cells are selected", "Selected Cells")
  
  Else
  
  Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
  
  Dim i As Integer
  For i = 0 To selectedCellCount - 1
  
                  sb.Append("Row: ")
                  sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedCells(i).RowIndex _
                      .ToString())
                  sb.Append(", Column: ")
                  sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedCells(i).ColumnIndex _
                      .ToString())
                  sb.Append(Environment.NewLine)
  
  Next i
  
              sb.Append("Total: " + selectedCellCount.ToString())
              MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Cells")
  
  End If
  
  End If
  
  End Sub

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  private void selectedCellsButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
      Int32 selectedCellCount =
          dataGridView1.GetCellCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected);
  if (selectedCellCount > 0)
      {
  if (dataGridView1.AreAllCellsSelected(true))
          {
              MessageBox.Show("All cells are selected", "Selected Cells");
          }
  else
          {
              System.Text.StringBuilder sb =
  new System.Text.StringBuilder();
  
  for (int i = 0;
                  i < selectedCellCount; i++)
              {
                  sb.Append("Row: ");
                  sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedCells[i].RowIndex
                      .ToString());
                  sb.Append(", Column: ");
                  sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedCells[i].ColumnIndex
                      .ToString());
                  sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
              }
  
              sb.Append("Total: " + selectedCellCount.ToString());
              MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Cells");
          }
      }
  }

Obtain the rows selected in the DataGridView control.

• UseSelectedRowsAttribute. To enable the user to select rows, you must set the SelectionMode attribute to FullRowSelect or RowHeaderSelect.

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  Private Sub selectedRowsButton_Click( _
  ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  Handles selectedRowsButton.Click
  
  Dim selectedRowCount As Integer = _
          dataGridView1.Rows.GetRowCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected)
  
  If selectedRowCount > 0 Then
  
  Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
  
  Dim i As Integer
  For i = 0 To selectedRowCount - 1
  
              sb.Append("Row: ")
              sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedRows(i).Index.ToString())
              sb.Append(Environment.NewLine)
  
  Next i
  
          sb.Append("Total: " + selectedRowCount.ToString())
          MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Rows")
  
  End If
  
  End Sub

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  private void selectedRowsButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
      Int32 selectedRowCount =
          dataGridView1.Rows.GetRowCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected);
  if (selectedRowCount > 0)
      {
          System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
  
  for (int i = 0; i < selectedRowCount; i++)
          {
              sb.Append("Row: ");
              sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedRows[i].Index.ToString());
              sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
          }
  
          sb.Append("Total: " + selectedRowCount.ToString());
          MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Rows");
      }
  }

Obtain the columns selected in the DataGridView control.

• UseSelectedColumnsAttribute. To enable the user to select columns, you mustSelectionModeSet the attribute to FullColumnSelect or ColumnHeaderSelect.

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  Private Sub selectedColumnsButton_Click( _
  ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
  Handles selectedColumnsButton.Click
  
  Dim selectedColumnCount As Integer = dataGridView1.Columns _
          .GetColumnCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected)
  
  If selectedColumnCount > 0 Then
  
  Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
  
  Dim i As Integer
  For i = 0 To selectedColumnCount - 1
  
              sb.Append("Column: ")
              sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedColumns(i).Index.ToString())
              sb.Append(Environment.NewLine)
  
  Next i
  
          sb.Append("Total: " + selectedColumnCount.ToString())
          MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Columns")
  
  End If
  
  End Sub

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  private void selectedColumnsButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
      Int32 selectedColumnCount = dataGridView1.Columns
          .GetColumnCount(DataGridViewElementStates.Selected);
  if (selectedColumnCount > 0)
      {
          System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
  
  for (int i = 0; i < selectedColumnCount; i++)
          {
              sb.Append("Column: ");
              sb.Append(dataGridView1.SelectedColumns[i].Index
                  .ToString());
              sb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
          }
  
          sb.Append("Total: " + selectedColumnCount.ToString());
          MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Selected Columns");
      }
  }

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