DataGrid behavior

[James Lennon]

I have a WindowsForms.DataGrid that I am using to display
a datatable. The datagrid is composed of
TextBoxColumns. I would like to make the DataGrid have
the following behavior. When a user selects a row in the
datagrid that row is highlighted and selected regardless
of the column. I have accomplished this by overriding
the datagrids mouse down event and selecting the row.
However under some circumstances the text box control
gains focus and the row is no longer highlighted. How
can I stop the text box in a text box column from gaining
focus? I have tried seting focus to the control in the
mouse down handler but that did not work.

James

[Steve Alpert]

James Lennon wrote:

I have a WindowsForms.DataGrid that I am using to display
a datatable. The datagrid is composed of
TextBoxColumns. I would like to make the DataGrid have
the following behavior. When a user selects a row in the
datagrid that row is highlighted and selected regardless
of the column. I have accomplished this by overriding
the datagrids mouse down event and selecting the row.
However under some circumstances the text box control
gains focus and the row is no longer highlighted. How
can I stop the text box in a text box column from gaining
focus? I have tried seting focus to the control in the
mouse down handler but that did not work.

If your grid is REALLY read-only, on the first mouse down, remove all
controls from the datagrid controls collection with the exception of the
horizontal and vertical scroll bars...

/steveA

I tried that and it did not work. The user was still
able to select a box in the DataGrid and have the cell
change colors.

James

-----Original Message-----
James Lennon wrote:

I have a WindowsForms.DataGrid that I am using to display a datatable. The datagrid is composed of
TextBoxColumns. I would like to make the DataGrid have the following behavior. When a user selects a row in the datagrid that row is highlighted and selected regardless of the column. I have accomplished this by overriding
the datagrids mouse down event and selecting the row.
However under some circumstances the text box control
gains focus and the row is no longer highlighted. How
can I stop the text box in a text box column from gaining focus? I have tried seting focus to the control in the mouse down handler but that did not work.
If your grid is REALLY read-only, on the first mouse

down, remove allcontrols from the datagrid controls collection with the exception of thehorizontal and vertical scroll bars...

/steveA
.