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Programmatically setting the focus on a cell in a datagridview

I have a datagridview that users will enterdata into. When the form loads the first cell in the NEWROW of the datagrid should have focus and be ready for data entry (blinking cursor). I am using the following code below to do this but it is not working.

datagridview1.focus
datagridview1.currentcell = datagridview1.Rows(0).Cells(0)
datagridview1.beginedit(true)

Using this I don't get a blinking cursor and I can't just start typing. I have also tried inserting a row with dumby data in the first cell to see if that helps and it does not. I also tried removing the datagridview1.focus line but that does not help either.

jtaylor8181

Try this:

datagridview1.currentcell = datagridview1.Item(0, 0)

and make sure that the selection mode is cellselect.

EXTRHMAN

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jtaylor8181 - Thanks for responding

I tried your suggestion and got the same results. I had not thought of changing the selection method.

If I hit the enter key I can then start typing. If that helps at all.

EXTRHMAN

ASKER

I found a solution that works for this project, but would still like to here anyone elses ideas.

I used sendkeys.send(vbcrlf) on the form_load event

I will leave this question open for a bit longer before I ask for a refund of points. If someone can give me a better solution then I will reward the points to them.

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