ASP.NET Grid View vs. List View
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
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.