How to bind a List<string> to a DataGridView control?

Question

I have a simple List<string> and I'd like it to be displayed in a DataGridView column.
If the list would contain more complex objects, simply would establish the list as the value of its DataSource property.

But when doing this:

myDataGridView.DataSource = myStringList;

I get a column called Length and the strings' lengths are displayed.

How to display the actual string values from the list in a column?

Answer 1

Try this:

IList<String> list_string= new List<String>();
DataGridView.DataSource = list_string.Select(x => new { Value = x }).ToList();
dgvSelectedNode.Show();

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Thats because DataGridView looks for properties of containing objects. For string there is just one property - length. So, you need a wrapper for a string like this

public class StringValue
{
    public StringValue(string s)
    {
        _value = s;
    }
    public string Value { get { return _value; } set { _value = value; } }
    string _value;
}

Then bind List<StringValue> object to your grid. It works

Answer 3

The following should work as long as you're bound to anything that implements IEnumerable<string>. It will bind the column directly to the string itself, rather than to a Property Path of that string object.

<sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding}" />