Table with fixed column names on win form

Question

I am making a win form in C# and in a few places I need to have a table like this:

table

I'd like to have this on my form with fixed column names but allow the user to enter in data in any of the rows below the first row that contains column names.

I tried to get a TableLayoutPanel to work for this but I couldn't figure out how to control the column names within the table itself. I am trying to do this in sharpdevelop.

Why don't just use DataGriwView? As far as I can see, it fit your needs pretty well. — Ale Miralles, Oct 29 '13 at 22:36
I had read somewhere that the datagridview is read-only, is that not the case? — Baub, Oct 29 '13 at 22:40
[This](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview.aspx) is the answer you seek. — Brian, Oct 29 '13 at 22:40
@Baub - That is not correct. You can allow edits or make it read-only; it's completely your call. — Brian, Oct 29 '13 at 22:41
That's true. and if I don't miss remember, it's editable by default, so you may use it... — Ale Miralles, Oct 29 '13 at 22:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 22:52

It's pretty easy to do what you are wanting here.

Open Visual Studio
Create a new project
Create a Winforms application
In the 'Toolbox', select 'DataGridView' and add it to your form
On the DataGridView (on the form), click the little arrow in the upper-right
Select 'Edit Columns'
In the dialog, click the 'Add' button
Add your column name (NOTE: You cannot include punctuation or white space in the name)
Under 'Header text', enter the same value you just did in step 8 (you can have white space and punctuation here)
Click 'Add' once again
Notice that now the column is visible in the 'Edit Columns' dialog
Repeat for your other columns.

Here is a screen shot of what it should look like:

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Just an FYI, the columns can be edited by default.

Table with fixed column names on win form

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