Autowidth of grid columns

Hello Tarang,
Thanks for your question. You code seems to be correct. I have attached a sample project, which works fine for me. Could you please change it, to demonstrate the issue, or create your own one, and attach it to your next message? I will review it, and provide you with a solution.
Thanks,
Uriah.

Hello Uriah,
thanks for the quick response. The culprit is CustomDrawCell method and would like to get your input how to handle this.
Thru the customdrawcell method, we are drawing a icon along with the value shown in col "code". All works fine but when I make the width of the column smaller, the column values overlaps with the next col value. It doesnt display "…" instead the value overlaps with the next column. I have attached a pic to show you.
 private void GridViewCustomer_CustomDrawCell(object sender, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base.RowCellCustomDrawEventArgs e)
        {
            DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridView currentView = sender as DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridView;

if (e.Column.FieldName == "Code")
            {
                Rectangle rcl = e.Bounds;
                bool check = false;
                e.DisplayText.Trim();
                if (e.DisplayText == string.Empty)
                {
                    check = false;
                }
                else
                {
                    check = linqJobData.GetCustomerDeactiveStatus(e.DisplayText);
                }
                if (check == true)
                {
                    e.Graphics.DrawImage(deletedIcon, rcl.X, rcl.Y);
                }
                else
                {
                    e.Graphics.DrawImage(userIcon, rcl.X, rcl.Y);
                }
                rcl.X += 18;
                e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, e.DisplayText, rcl);
                e.Handled = true;
            }
        }

Hi Tarang,
Please note that the GridView.BestFitColumns method takes cells display text into account. Changes made in the GridView.CustomDrawCell event handler do not participate in calculating the best width of a column since you can completely re-paint cell content in this event handler. If you wish to provide a grid column with a custom text, so, it is taken into account when calculating the best width, handle the GridView.CustomColumnDisplayText event instead.
Additionally, to properly draw a text in the GridView.CustomDrawCell event handler, you should use appropriate area (i.e. if you change the X coordinate, you need to also decrease the width of the text area). To display the ellipsis character at the end of the text, pass the StringFormat instance to the e.Appearance.DrawString method.

C#
private void gridView1_CustomDrawCell(object sender, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base.RowCellCustomDrawEventArgs e) {  
            GridCellInfo cellInfo = e.Cell as GridCellInfo;  
            e.Graphics.DrawImage(SystemIcons.Error.ToBitmap(), new Rectangle(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, 12, 12));  
            Rectangle rect = cellInfo.CellValueRect;  
            int indent = 14;  
            rect.X += indent;  
            rect.Width -= indent;  
            StringFormat format = new StringFormat();  
            format.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisCharacter;  
            e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, e.DisplayText, rect, format);  
            e.Handled = true;  
        }  

Also, I suggest that you display images in a separate unbound column and populate it by handling the GridView.CustomUnboundColumnData event.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
Thanks,
Svetlana