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Try this:<br />
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procedure TForm1.DBGrid1DrawColumnCe<wbr />ll(Sender:<wbr /> TObject; const Rect: TRect;<br />
&nbsp; DataCol: Integer; Column: TColumn; State: TGridDrawState);<br />
begin<br />
&nbsp; if (gdFocused in State) and ((Sender as TDBGrid).DataSource.DataSe<wbr />t.State=ds<wbr />Edit) then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; begin<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DBGrid1.Canvas.Font.Color:<wbr />=clBlack;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DBGrid1.Canvas.Brush.Color<wbr />:=clYellow<wbr />;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DBGrid1.DefaultDrawColumnC<wbr />ell(Rect, DataCol, Column, State);<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; end<br />
&nbsp; else<br />
&nbsp; DBGrid1.DefaultDrawColumnC<wbr />ell(Rect, DataCol, Column, State);<br />
end;
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Try this:

procedure TForm1.DBGrid1DrawColumnCell(Sender: TObject; const Rect: TRect;
  DataCol: Integer; Column: TColumn; State: TGridDrawState);
begin
  if (gdFocused in State) and ((Sender as TDBGrid).DataSource.DataSet.State=dsEdit) then
    begin
      DBGrid1.Canvas.Font.Color:=clBlack;
      DBGrid1.Canvas.Brush.Color:=clYellow;
      DBGrid1.DefaultDrawColumnCell(Rect, DataCol, Column, State);
    end
  else
  DBGrid1.DefaultDrawColumnCell(Rect, DataCol, Column, State);
end;

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Hi<br />
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When I edit a cell on a grid it's background color is white. How do I change the background colour when editing?
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Hi

When I edit a cell on a grid it's background color is white. How do I change the background colour when editing?

dbgrid colour of cell when editing

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