Setting the focus in a datagridview in windows form

Question

I have a datagridview that accepts a list(of myObject) as a datasource. I want to add a new row to the datagrid to add to the database. I get this done by getting the list... adding a blank myObject to the list and then reseting the datasource. I now want to set the focus to the second cell in the new row.

To CLARIFY i am trying to set the focus

Answer 1

You can set the focus to a specific cell in a row but only if the SelectionMode on the DataGridView is set to CellSelect. If it is, simply do the following:

dataGridView.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[columnNumber].Selected = true;

Answer 2

In WinForms, you should be able to set the

Me.dataEvidence.SelectedRows

property to the row you want selected.

Answer 3

In Visual Studio 2012 (vb.NET Framework 4.50), you can set the focus on any desired cell of a DataGridView control.

Try This:

Sub Whatever()

    ' all above code

    DataGridView1.Focus()
    DataGridView1.CurrentCell = DataGridView1.Rows(x).Cells(y)       'x is your desired row number, y is your desired column number

    ' all below code

End Sub

Okay, that works for me. I hope that it works for you, too.