Why isn't the WPF DataGrid control in my Visual Studio Toolbox?

If the WPF DataGrid doesn't appear in your Visual Studio Toolbox, you can do the following:

  1. Right-click the Visual Studio Toolbox and select Choose Items... from the shortcut menu.

  2. In the Choose Toolbox Items dialog, select the WPF Components tab

  3. Click on the Name column to sort the controls by name, and highlight the DataGrid control. Next, click the Namespace column to sort by Namespace and you may see other controls that you can also add to the Toolbox that are in the same. Put a checkmark next to all items you want to add that are not currently checked:

  4. Click OK to add these items to the Visual Studio Toolbox

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