New row in ASP.NET GridView Control - asp.net

I want to do something really simple, I just can't seem to find the EnableClientAddRow property, so I can set it to true. I have a standard GridView control on a web form. I want a button to appear on the web form. When the user clicks the button, an empty row is added to the GridView UI, so the user can enter data in the appropriate fields. The row will of course, have a "Save" button of some type in one of the columns.
I know this functionality must be in the GridView somewhere, I just can't find it. I did find some odd hacks that try to manually implement this. I'm not really interested in footer manipulations or binding tricks, just the standard add row method.
EDIT:
It appears the GridView does not support adding a row as a first-order operation. This appears to be a serious design flaw.

I typically add a new record to the underlying data source as a part of the "add record" button click action. I then re-bind the view in order to show the blank row.
The new record is typically a DataRow if the GridView is bound to a DataTable, or an object if the GridView is bound to a collection of a particular type. Not sure if that is what you consider a binding trick from your question, but it works well and is quite easy to implement.
Edit - more detail to describe the process:
Add the row to the data source, set the EditItemIndex to the newly added row in order for the row to enter edit mode, then bind the data source to the GridView. Your EditItemTemplate would contain a Cancel and a Save button. Cancel would re-bind the GridView to the underlying data source without the empty row and set EditItemIndex to -1, thereby removing the row from the GridView.

How to easily insert row in GridView with SqlDataSource

If you add a new row to the datasource, even if the row has empty values, and you databind the datasource to the Gridview, it should show up as an editable row just like any of the other rows.

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Update values in gridview row after data has changed, without invoking a resort via DataBind()

A page has a gridview bound to a sqldatasource. I don't allow edits in the gridview. Most of it's columns are template fields with label controls. a formview control on the same page shows the data for the currently selected gridview row. Updates are made to the formview control. I want the gridview to reflect the updated data after it has been saved. A simple gv.DataBind() works but the data update can be involved in the gridview's sort, so if I call gv.DataBind() the updated row in gv may end up on some distant page of the grid. I would prefer that the gridview simply update any changed data in the already selected row.
What I've done so far is to have the sub that update the formview also change the text values of the labels on the selected gv row. That seems to work but does not persist. I see the changes in the gv cells, but as soon as I select another row in the gridview, the modified cells in the previously edited row go blank, for some reason.
What's a good way to do this?
Get the current page of the gridview (.PageIndex), do a DataBind(), then (re)set the page.

asp.net change cell value on gridview with code behind

I have an asp.net gridview with several rows/pages.
There are some fields below it which display full details of the row which has been clicked on gridview.
I then change a field value on the details below area and the new data is saved programmatically to database.
However the value on the gridview just changed below, doesn't change.
I would like to just change de cell value on the gridview programmatically so there is no need to reload the data grid.
I am basically looking for something like:
GridView1Row.row(currentrow).column(5)="xxxx"
I've search around and found some solutions based on _onrowdatabound but this is not correct, as I just want to change one cell of the grid.
Any ideas ?
The easiest way would be to change the value in your datasource and then binding the datasource to the grid again. (don't reload it from the database just change the value in the datasource)

Rebind gridview with updated row ASP.net

I have a gridview in ASP.nET and I have a "Select" command field. What I want to do is that when the user click on on the "select", I would like to take the selected row and do some calculations and rebind the original gridview with updated the row.
How can do this?
Thanks.
// do your thingy
DataGridViewName.DataBind();
There are a lot of places where grabbing the row is already explained. Take a look at this Link. You have to call the bind data method on the grid after your calculations. If you want to modify just that row, I would think you modify the source data collection for that row and rebind.
This link may also help. Instead of Edit, you could have Select.

ASP.NET, what is a datagrid bound to after postback?

I have a gridview full of telephone numbers. To populate the gridview I bind the gridview's datasource to a List<> of telephone numbers. I do this when the page is first loaded, but not on postbacks.
I want the user to be able to delete some of the telephone numbers, and then, if they want, click a Save button, and this will update the database, otherwise their changes will be ignored. So I have a button in the grid, and an event is fired, and I can call DeleteRow(row index) and remove the row from inside this event. For some reason this doesn't work.
All the gridview examples I find on the Internet execute the delete straight away by calling an sql function, and then bind again. And some examples bind the grid every time the page ios loaded, which seems inefficient.
My questions is:
The delete button causes a postback to the server. On postback the list of telephone numbers no longer exists. And the gridview's datasource is null. The grid is no longer bound. But there must be data somewhere, because the data in the grid is still visiable. Where is this data, and can I delete a row of it, so that a row in the gridview is deleted?
The viewstate saves the contents of the datagrid, so the answer is "The Viewstate"
Understanding the viewstate is essential to understanding how ASP.NET works, so rather than posting just enough info to answer your question, I'm going to recommend you read the entire article I linked to.
You can use jquery , you need to save the Datakey value of each deleted row in a hidden field
and hide the selected row , and when user clicks save , u can delete the rows based on hidden field values # code behind.

ASP.NET GridView - Editing Dynamic Template Columns

I have created a GridView whose columns are dynamically created based on my data source. I have implemented these columns by using the approach described here.Those columns display properly on the initial load. However, I need to implement commanding so that a user can edit / delete a row in the GridView.
At this point, I have implemented commanding as I would with a normal GridView. I have a TemplateField with an ItemTemplate that has LinkButton elements for edit and delete. The CommandName for each LinkButton is set to either Edit or Delete respectively.
Oddly, when a user clicks either the Edit or Delete link, the data in the GridView disappears. However, I have verified that I am in fact re-binding the data when one of these LinkButton elements is selected.
Can anyone provide some suggestions as to what the cause could be?
Thank you!
Here are good examples. You can figure out postback issue.
http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartV20/aspnet/

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