How to: Delete a Row When the CTRL+DEL Shortcut is Pressed

• Aug 01, 2019

The following code deletes the focused row when the end-user presses the Ctrl+Del shortcut.

To process key press events, we handle the BaseView.KeyDown event. The row is deleted by calling the ColumnView.DeleteRow method.

C#

    private void gridView1_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) {
        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Delete && e.Modifiers == Keys.Control) {
            if (MessageBox.Show("Delete row?", "Confirmation", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) != 
              DialogResult.Yes)
                return;
            GridView view = sender as GridView;                
            view.DeleteRow(view.FocusedRowHandle);
        }
    }

VB.NET

    Private Sub GridView1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, _
      ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles GridView1.KeyDown
        If (e.KeyCode = Keys.Delete And e.Modifiers = Keys.Control) Then
            If (MessageBox.Show("Delete row?", "Confirmation", _
              MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) <> DialogResult.Yes) Then Return
            Dim view As GridView = CType(sender, GridView)
            view.DeleteRow(view.FocusedRowHandle)
        End If
    End Sub