---
title: "Hyperlink in DataGridView C#"  
description: "Hyperlink in DataGridView C#"  
author: "AVADHESH PATEL"  
published: 2013-01-09  
updated: 2020-05-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1111/hyperlink-in-datagridview-c-sharp  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

---

# Hyperlink in DataGridView C#

Some time we see, a table has hyperlink column for URL. Here I have explained to you how to achieve a column as a hyperlink. DataGridView provides DataGridViewLinkColumn control through this we create a column as a hyperlink.\

The steps are given below.\

**Step 1:** Create one window [application and drag-drop](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/597/creating-crystal-report-in-c-sharp-dot-net) DataGridView control.

**Step 2:** Create a table in your database for a demonstration. Below I have given my table structure. You can use this structure for creating a table.

```
--Create database
CREATE DATABASE DEMO
 
-- Use database
USER DEMO
 
--Create table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[LinkDgvDemo]
(
[ID] INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
[CompanyName] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
[Website] VARCHAR(100)
)
 
-- Inser values
INSERT INTO [dbo].[LinkDgvDemo]([CompanyName],[Website]) VALUES('Mindstick Software Ptv. Ltd.','http://mindstick.com'),('Google','http://google.com'),('Infosys','http://www.infosys.com'),('Microsoft','http://www.microsoft.com')
```

**Step 3:** Now bind your datagridview to this table ([dbo].[LinkDgvDemo]). Read the below link for binding database to datagridview.

http://www.mindstick.com/Articles/48e0cae0-5baa-41fe-946d-37938a717ddd/?Bind%20Dataset%20to%20DataGridView%20C#

**Step 4:** After binding database to datagridview, save and execute your application. Your application something looks as below image.

![Hyperlink in DataGridView C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4d650d6c-9f4f-47a8-af43-d3ee34ad4fea/images/afc4a8c9-1ec7-4a0e-ad2d-67a78809cca1.png)

**Step 5:** Now we create a website column as a hyperlink (red area of the above image). Right-click on DataGridView and select the “Edit Column…” option.

![Hyperlink in DataGridView C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4d650d6c-9f4f-47a8-af43-d3ee34ad4fea/images/8ea5385a-d78b-4af2-9a59-a65e04522564.png)

**Step 6:** See below the image of “Edit Column”.

![Hyperlink in DataGridView C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4d650d6c-9f4f-47a8-af43-d3ee34ad4fea/images/c5b16693-0cba-4752-8888-ed5e7b8460bb.png)

**(1).** Select the website column.

**(2).** Select “DataGridViewLinkColumn” from ColumnType tag.

**(3).** Click button “OK”.

Step 7: Now compare the below image from step 4. All links are converted into a hyperlink.

![Hyperlink in DataGridView C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4d650d6c-9f4f-47a8-af43-d3ee34ad4fea/images/22e72e3e-2b1d-42aa-a7a9-33268b9bda75.png)

Step 8: Now we are going to create link action for open URL on the web. Generate CellContentClick Event where we write a line of code for open link column URL on the webpage. Right-click on datagridview. Select properties. Open datagridview event list and select CellContentClick event, as below image.

![Hyperlink in DataGridView C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4d650d6c-9f4f-47a8-af43-d3ee34ad4fea/images/96766e1c-d6bc-4e8e-8414-2d1b9bb0cfe5.png)

**Step 9:** Copy below code and paste within “CellContentClick” in your windows form .cs file.

```
private void dgvControl_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
        {
            string sUrl = dgvControl.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[2].Value.ToString();
            ProcessStartInfo sInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(sUrl);
            Process.Start(sInfo);
        }
```

**Note:** Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[2], from the above line of code, ‘2’ are column index of hyperlink column that you change according to your datagridview column.

Run your application and see the output.

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