DataGridView Row Select

[The Little Guy]

Is there a way to manually select a row?

Right now, it uses the default selection method where when you left click it highlights the row, but I would like it so when your right click on a row it also selects the row, because I would like that row to be active when the row is right clicked, and not just left clicked.

[.paul.]

try this:

Private Sub DataGridView1_CellMouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.CellMouseDown
    If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right Then
        DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Selected = True
    End If
End Sub

[ForumAccount]

I think he wants the whole row selected, not just the cell:

DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Selected = True

[.paul.]

another alternative:

DataGridView1.currentcell = DataGridView1(e.ColumnIndex,e.RowIndex)

[The Little Guy]

Thanks Guys!

is using a while loop like this a bad idea, is their an easier/better way?

Private Sub Content_CellContentClick_1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs) Handles Content.CellMouseDown
        Dim i As Integer = 0
        While i < Content.Rows.Count
            Content.Rows(i).Selected = False
            i = i + 1
        End While
        If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right Then
            Content.Rows(e.RowIndex).Selected = True
        End If
    End Sub

[ForumAccount]

Yep there is a better way, DataGridViews has a property called 'SelectedRows'. So instead of you looping through every row in the DataGridView you can just use that collection:

While Content.SelectedRows.Count > 0
        Content.SelectedRows(0).Selected = False
End While

Both your code and mine does the same, but I'm just looping through the rows that are selected and making them not selected.

[.paul.]

Thanks Guys!

is using a while loop like this a bad idea, is their an easier/better way?

Private Sub Content_CellContentClick_1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellMouseEventArgs) Handles Content.CellMouseDown
        Dim i As Integer = 0
        While i < Content.Rows.Count
            Content.Rows(i).Selected = False
            i = i + 1
        End While
        If e.Button = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right Then
            Content.Rows(e.RowIndex).Selected = True
        End If
    End Sub

or you could use my code from post #4, which will select the cell you click on + deselect the last cell, which with fullrowselect is what you want.