always show the scrollbar in a datagridview

Question

how can you do this? ... let's say that the datagridview has a big size and it only displays two records...i still want the scrollbar to appear regarless of the amount of records...how can i do this?

Scott Lysle · Answer

I have seen something like this done with the datagrid control on http://www.windowsforms.net/ ; I tried it with the datagridview control and it works. If you create a custom control that inherits from the DataGridView, and apply this code to it; you will get a static vertical scrollbar even if there are not enough rows present to support the display of the vertical scroll bar. Here is the code modified to work with the DataGridView (this is the entire class, there is nothing else): Just use this control instead of the standard DataGridView. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace junk { public partial class CustomDgv : DataGridView { private const int CAPTIONHEIGHT = 21; private const int BORDERWIDTH = 2; public CustomDgv() { InitializeComponent(); // make scrollbar visible & add handler VerticalScrollBar.Visible = true ; VerticalScrollBar.VisibleChanged += new EventHandler (ShowScrollBars); } private void ShowScrollBars( object sender, EventArgs e ) { if (!VerticalScrollBar.Visible) { int width = VerticalScrollBar.Width; VerticalScrollBar.Location = new Point ( ClientRectangle.Width - width - BORDERWIDTH, CAPTIONHEIGHT ); VerticalScrollBar.Size = new Size ( width, ClientRectangle.Height - CAPTIONHEIGHT - BORDERWIDTH ); VerticalScrollBar.Show(); } } } }