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 << for first...

Answer 1

Set the value of the PageText properties of the PagerSettings section:

<asp:GridView ID="gridView" runat="server" AllowPaging="True">
    <PagerSettings  Mode="NextPreviousFirstLast" FirstPageText="First" PreviousPageText="Previous" NextPageText="Next" LastPageText="Last" />
</asp:GridView>

You can set these values from the Properties window in the designer too ..

Answer 2

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)

Answer 3

Yes it is possible using PagerSettings property of gridview, all you need to do is- set Mode of PagerSetting to 'NextPreviousFirstLast' so that you can use "First, Last, Next, Previous" option for paging with gridview.

  <PagerSettings  Mode="NextPreviousFirstLast" FirstPageText="First" PreviousPageText="Previous" NextPageText="Next" LastPageText="Last" />

There are three more properties of Mode like "NextPrevious" , "Numeric" and "NumericFirstLast"

to use them ..

NextPrevious :

 <PagerSettings Mode="NextPrevious" PreviousPageText="Previous" NextPageText="Next"/>

Numeric :

  <PagerSettings  Mode="Numeric" />

NumericFistLast :

      <PagerSettings  Mode="NumericFistLast" />