Datagrid textbox width (edit mode)***resolved****

[Halon]

I have a datagrid that has Edit, Update,Cancel capability (the custom column). What I need is to specify the width of the textbox when I choose edit. As it stands the grid triples in size because of the size of the input fields. I tried the following code

Public Sub DataGrid_Edit(ByVal Source As Object, ByVal E As DataGridCommandEventArgs)
dgBeach.EditItemIndex = E.Item.ItemIndex
BindData()
E.Item.Cells(3).Width = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Unit.Pixel(25)
End Sub

I also tried with the pixel code in different spots but no difference can be seen.
Any ideas?

[Lord_Rat]

Try e.Item.Attributes.Add("Style", "Width: 25px;")

[Halon]

Nope ... can't figure out exactly where it is creating these default text boxes when you click on edit. Do I have to make each column a template column maybe?

[Halon]

OK I ended up going with template columns

In my datagrid update code

Dim Cash As Integer
Cash = CType(E.Item.FindControl("txtcash"), TextBox).Text

In the html for the datagrid

<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Cash">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval Container, "DataItem.Cash", "{0:$#,###.##}") %>'>
</asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="txtcash" columns="3" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.Cash") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

It now allowed me to set the column width for the textbox

yeehaww i guess