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copied!<p><em>Assuming</em> that you want to have <strong>two links</strong> in a Single Cell named <strong>Edit / Delete</strong>, then I think you should should create a custom column type with a custom cell type that contains two LinkLabels.</p> <p>More <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winformsdesigner/thread/c28399bb-9d50-4a1e-b671-3dbaebb5cc69/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> on multiple controls in a single datagrid view cell [with source code].</p> <p><strong>[Solution 1 - <em>Merged</em> Header]</strong></p> <p>You need not merge the columns, rather merge the headers - like <a href="http://i.imagehost.org/0196/s3.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>. And then, please refer the solution in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1937719/763026">the related SO post</a>. This should solve your issue.</p> <p><strong>[Solution 2 - <em>Merged</em> Column]</strong> You can host multiple controls in a single data grid view cell and that is what you want to achieve. Create a winforms <strong>user control with two link labels</strong> and host that user control in the datagridview cell. So you will have Edit/Delete in a single cell <em>[what you are referring as merged column</em>]. See here for hosting custom controls in a datagrid view cell - <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7tas5c80.aspx?PHPSESSID=o1fb21liejulfgrptbmi9dec92" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7tas5c80.aspx?PHPSESSID=o1fb21liejulfgrptbmi9dec92</a></p>

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