"Phillip Williams" wrote:

> Don't forget to set the header style to the same css
> <asp:CommandField SelectText ="Select" ShowSelectButton="true"
> ItemStyle-CssClass = "HiddenColumn" HeaderStyle-CssClass ="HiddenColumn" />
> --
> HTH,
> Phillip Williams
> http://www.societopia.net
> http://www.webswapp.com
>
>
> "Phillip Williams" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Your code would have worked just fine if you had used the display=none
> > attribute of CSS instead of setting the Visible attribute of the CommandField
> > to false, e.g.
> > <asp:CommandField SelectText ="Select" ShowSelectButton="true"
> > ItemStyle-CssClass ="HiddenColumn" />
> >
> > and in your css add a definition like this:
> > .HiddenColumn{display:none;}
> > --
> > HTH,
> > Phillip Williams
> > http://www.societopia.net
> > http://www.webswapp.com
> >
> >
> > "p3t3r" wrote:
> >
> > > In .NET 1.x it was possible to add an onclick callback to invoke the
> > > selection of a row in the grid providing there was a Select command.
> > >
> > > This still works in .NET 2.0 but now the cell with the Select command must
> > > be visible. The users are accustomed to being able to select without seeing
> > > an extra column.
> > >
> > > If the Select command is not visible the page raise an error as the event is
> > > invalid. How can I keep the Select command invisible and yet still use the
> > > event?
> > >
> > > Here's the code (VB) to put in the RowDataBound event for the grid
> > >
> > > If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
> > > e.Row.Attributes.Add("onmouseover", "this.style.cursor='hand';
> > > this.style.backgroundColor='lightpink';")
> > > e.Row.Attributes.Add("onmouseout",
> > > "this.style.backgroundColor='';")
> > > e.Row.Attributes.Add("onclick",
> > > Page.ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(sender, "Select$" +
> > > e.Row.RowIndex.ToString))
> > > End If
> > >