.net - ASP.NET Grid View vs. List View

Question

What are the advantages of using listview over gridview? I need pagination, editing rows, inserting rows, and deleting rows in my view. Which control is best for that? It seems like GridView does not support data pager. What would I sacrifice if I migrated my gridviews to listviews?

Answer 1

GridView supports:

• sorting by click
• paging
• editing
• selection
• template-based layout (rendered within <table>)

ListView supports:

• List item
• paging (need to use DataPager)
• editing
• selection
• sorting by click (need to create an event handler manually)
• template-based layout (rendered as you want it + provides more templates, e.g. - GroupTemplate)

The reason to use ListView would be if you need some special layout, for example, to create a table that places more than one item in the same row, or to break free from table-based rendering altogether) - which is not possible with GridView.

Using GridView on the other hand is easier and faster, so unless you need special layout to display your data, use GridView.