How do you automatically resize columns in a DataGridView control AND allow the user to resize the columns on that same grid?

Question

I am populating a DataGridView control on a Windows Form (C# 2.0 not WPF).

My goal is to display a grid that neatly fills all available width with cells - i.e. no un

Answer 1

I had to do this in VB and prefer to split it out to a method that I placed in a Module. You can add the Fill column as another ByRef parameter if desired.

''' 

''' Makes all columns in a DataGridView autosize based on displayed cells,
''' while leaving the column widths user-adjustable.
''' 
''' A DataGridView to adjust
Friend Sub MakeAdjustableAutoSizedGridCols(ByRef dgv As DataGridView)
    Dim width As Integer

    For Each col As DataGridViewColumn In dgv.Columns
        col.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.AllCells
        width = col.Width
        col.AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.None
        col.Width = width
    Next
    dgv.AllowUserToResizeColumns = True
End Sub