Adding Textbox to a Gridview - asp.net

Question

I am using a GridView to get data from a datasource.
I want to add a textbox at the end of each column in the GridView i.e at the footer
How do I do that?

Answer 1

Use FooterTemplate. Example:
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
...
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
your textboxes go here
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
...
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
your textboxes go here
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Answer 2

You should understand the differences between the BoundField and the TemplateField class. The first is used to display fields as a text, while in the TemplateField you can customize the way you're going to display the information. So, you should use BoundField or TemplateField in a column (not one nested inside another as I think you're trying), in your case it has to be the TemplateField, because you want to customize the way your footer shows up. So, it should be something like this:
<asp:TemplateField>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblNumber" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Number")%>' />
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txb" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

Answer 3

Add TextBox in <FooterTemplate>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UnitsInStock">
<ItemTemplate>
//your displaying control
</ItemTemplate>
<FooterTemplate>
<asp:TextBox id="tb1" Text="Text" runat="server" />
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
Find footer control in OnRowDataBound event:
protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.Footer)
{
TextBox tb1 = (TextBox)e.Row.FindControl("tb1");
//do your stuff
}
}