DataGridViewLinkColumn does not respond to clicks

Question

Clicking on the link does't do anything, it basically wont open the link

It won't open the link by itself. You need to handle some event, get the link, and open it. Read [DataGridView.CellContentClick](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.datagridview.cellcontentclick?view=netframework-4.8) — , Apr 19 '20 at 07:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '20 at 02:30

As JQSOFT mentioned, you need to subscribe to the event CellContentClick to open the link.

Please refer to the demo.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Add link column
    DataGridViewLinkColumn links = new DataGridViewLinkColumn();
    links.HeaderText = "Link";
    links.LinkBehavior = LinkBehavior.SystemDefault;
    dataGridView1.Columns.Add(links);

    // Add new link data
    DataGridViewRow dr = new DataGridViewRow();
    dr.CreateCells(dataGridView1);
    dr.Cells[0].Value = "www.microsoft.com";
    dataGridView1.Rows.Add(dr);
}

private void dataGridView1_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ColumnIndex == 0)
    {
        var row = dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex];
        if (row.Cells[0].Value == null) return;
        var url = row.Cells[0].Value.ToString();
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url);
    }
}

DataGridViewLinkColumn does not respond to clicks

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