winForms + DataGridView binding to a List

Question

I\'m trying to bind a List to a DataGridView control, and I\'m not having any luck creating custom bindings.

I have tried:

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Answer 1

I can't really tell what you're trying to do with the example you included, but binding to a generic list of objects is fairly straightforward if you just want to list the objects:

    private BindingSource _gridSource;

    private BindingSource GridSource
    {
        get
        {
            if (_gridSource == null)
                _gridSource = new BindingSource();
            return _gridSource;
        }
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        List list = new List();
        list.Add(new FluffyBunny { Color = "White", EarType = "Long", Name = "Stan" });
        list.Add(new FluffyBunny { Color = "Brown", EarType = "Medium", Name = "Mike" });
        list.Add(new FluffyBunny { Color = "Mottled", EarType = "Short", Name = "Torvald" });

        GridSource.DataSource = list;
        dataGridView1.Columns["EarType"].Visible = false; //Optionally hide a column
        dataGridView1.DataSource = GridSource;

    }

If you only want to display specific properties of the List's type you should be able to make the unwanted column(s) invisible.

Technically, you don't really need to create the BindingSource, but I find it's a whole lot easier when I'm doing updates or changes if I have it.

Hope this helps.