GridView Paging - First, Last, Next, Previous

Question

Is it possible to add:

\"First, Last, Next, Previous\" options to the GridView paging? I can\'t seem to figure it out. All I can get are numbers and >> for last and

Answer 1

The default Pager of GridView is not flexible.

The alternatives are these

1. Using Pager Template of the GridView (GridView PagerTemplate Property by MSDN)
2. Extending the GridView control to support DataPager (example here)