Select a row without set AutoGenerateSelectButton to true - asp.net

Question

How to select a row without set AutoGenerateSelectButton to true and check selectedIndex in GridView_SelectedIndexChanged?
How to recognize that user select specific field on table (for example selected row2,col3)

Answer 1

This is an average gridview with no select button. The RowDataBound method makes your grid highlightable. You can check if a certain column was selected possibly with if conditions in your SelectedIndexChanged method as that will tell you what row was selected and then you can get a value from a specific column based on the order your columns were made as shown below. This wont show exactly where they clicked x and y but should head you in the right direction I think. This will however get column data based on what row was highlighted and clicked on with a post back of course.
<asp:GridView ID="PropertyGridView" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnSelectedIndexChanged="PropertyGridView_SelectedIndexChanged" OnRowDataBound="PropertyGridView_RowDataBound">
<RowStyle HorizontalAlign="Left" />
<EmptyDataTemplate>
<div>
<asp:Label runat="server" ID="EtLbl" Text="No properties were found."</asp:Label>
</div>
</EmptyDataTemplate>
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Name" HeaderText="User Name" Width="20%" /> </asp:BoundField>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Age" HeaderText="User Age" Width="20%" /> </asp:BoundField>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Height" HeaderText="User Height" Width="20%" /> </asp:BoundField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
public void PropertyGridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.DataItemIndex == -1)
return;
e.Row.Attributes.Add("onMouseOver", "this.style.cursor='hand';");
e.Row.Attributes.Add("onclick", this.GetPostBackClientEvent(PropertyGridView,"Select$" + e.Row.RowIndex.ToString()));
}
public void PropertyGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string Name = PropertyGridView.SelectedRow.Cells[0].Text;
string Age= PropertyGridView.SelectedRow.Cells[1].Text;
string Height PropertyGridView.SelectedRow.Cells[2].Text;
if( Height != null)
{
// The user selected a row and this Column ( Height has data )
}
}

Answer 2

Add a column with a button (using a template field) and set the CommandName to "Select". That should work.