How can I get rowindex in gridview ?

Question

How can I get rowindex in gridview
I have gridview with 2 template column one of them are dropdownlist and the secound field is label

when i select on the dropdownlist the value showed in the label in the secound field

i want to know the rowindex in gridview
i used this code
mygridview.SelectedRow.RowIndex;

but it not work it return to me -1

please help me

kareem elhosseny · Answer

i found the solution here it is he DropDownList is placed in the GridViewRow If you know the DropDownList you know it's NamingConatiner. By Casting it to (GridViewRow) you retrieve the GridViewRow in which the DropDownList is. n the Event you can do: DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)sender; GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)ddl.NamingContainer; GridView1.SelectedIndex = row.RowIndex. In that case you can find the value of GridView1.SelectedValue At the end of the event add the line GridView1.SelectedIndex = -1;

kareem elhosseny · Answer

thnks for ur advice but my case is when i select the dropdownlist the value showed in the label in the secound field i want to know the rowindex in gridview which i select the dropdownlist in it i used this code mygridview.SelectedRow.RowIndex; and this code also gvProfessions.SelectedIndex; but it not work it return to me -1

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

1. Add this your GridView: DataSourceID=SqlDataSource1 OnRowCreated=GridView1_RowCreated1 > ... 2. Add this to your code page Protected Sub GridView1_RowCreated1(ByVal sender As Object ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowCreated If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then ' Retrieve the Label from the first column. Dim myLabel As Label = CType(e.Row.Cells(0).Controls(0) Label) ' Set Label text equal to the rowIndex +1 myLabel.Text = e.Row.RowIndex.ToString() + 1 End If End Sub