adding button to each row in gridview that has a drop down menu

Question

I have a Gridview that I want to add a "Actions" button to each row that is added that upon click will allow me to edit or delete a row.

In my picture it looks like a drop down list. I prefer a button however a dropdownlist will work as a last resort.

This is what I have tried so far:

          <asp:GridView runat="server" ID="grdvwDepositTransaction"
                AutoGenerateColumns="false" DataKeyNames="Status"
                OnRowCommand="grdvwDepositTransaction_RowCommand" ShowHeaderWhenEmpty="true" ShowFooter="true" OnRowDataBound="grd_RowDataBound"
                CssClass="grid" width="750">
               <HeaderStyle CssClass="HeaderTemplate" />
               <FooterStyle CssClass="FooterTemplate" />
               <Columns>
                  <asp:TemplateField >

              <ItemTemplate>
                  <input onclick="javascript: showMenu(); return false;" onmouseout="javascript: hideMenu(); return false;" type="button" class="savebutton" value="Actions" id="actionMenuRowSomething" />
            <ul id="actionMenuRow" style="display: none; margin-top: -6px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin-right: 0px; " onmouseover="javascript: showMenu(); return false;" onmouseout="javascript: hideMenu(); return false;" class="ui-menu">
                <li><a href="#" onclick="ShowHomeScreen();">something</a></li>
                <li>
                    <asp:LinkButton ID="something" runat="server" Text="View Updates" style="width:100px;">works</asp:LinkButton>
                </li>
            </ul>
              </ItemTemplate>
                      <EditItemTemplate>

                      </EditItemTemplate>
               </asp:TemplateField>     
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.cardNumber" HeaderText="Card Number" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.accountNumber" HeaderText="Account Number" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.firstName" HeaderText="Customer Name" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.transactionDateTime" HeaderText="Transaction Date/Time" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.cashAmount" HeaderText="Cash Amount" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
                  <asp:BoundField DataField="DepositEntry.depositAmount" HeaderText="Envelope Deposit Amount" ItemStyle-CssClass="mediumColumn columnCenter" />
               </Columns>

                    <EmptyDataTemplate>
                        <br />
                         <br /><br />
                        <span style="font-weight: bold; text-anchor:middle;">No Transactions have been entered</span>
                    </EmptyDataTemplate>                   
            </asp:GridView>

Answer 1

Any reason it has to be limited to only one column? Then you can use:

AutoGenerateDeleteButton="True"
AutoGenerateEditButton="True"

...and the hook-up is immensely easier than figuring out which dropdown item was selected, etc.

Answer 2

Try the following:

 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="">                         
                        <EditItemTemplate>
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnUpdate" runat="server" CommandName="Update" CausesValidation="true" ImageUrl="~/Content/Images/h.ico"  />
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnCancel" runat="server" CommandName="Cancel" CausesValidation="false" ImageUrl="~/Content/Images/j.ico"  />
                        </EditItemTemplate>
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnEdit" runat="server" CommandName="Edit" CausesValidation="false" ImageUrl="~/Content/Images/k.ico"  />
                            <asp:ImageButton ID="ibtnDelete" runat="server" CommandName="Delete" CausesValidation="false" ImageUrl="~/Content/Images/l.ico"  />
                        </ItemTemplate>                          
                    </asp:TemplateField>

Where you can reference the images however way you like.