How do you add a checkbox column in a DataGridView?

To add a checkbox column in a DataGridView, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the form designer in Visual Studio and drag the DataGridView control onto the form.
2. Right-click on the DataGridView control and select “Edit Columns”.
3. In the “Column Editor”, click on the “Add” button, choose the column type “DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn”, and then click “OK”.
4. A checkbox column will appear in the DataGridView control.
5. You can customize the checkbox column by setting properties of the DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn, such as column title, width, and read-only attributes.
6. In order to retrieve the user’s selection of checkboxes, you can add code logic in the CellContentClick event of the DataGridView to determine if the user clicked on a checkbox column and retrieve its selected status.

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