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Hi,

Can anyone suggest how to select or hilight a column in a Windows
Forms datagrid, as visual feedback for an edit/copy command?

I've tried ...

private void mydatagrid_Mousedown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
// Determine location of mouse click.
DataGrid.HitTestInfo hit = mydatagrid.HitTest(e.X, e.Y);
if (hit.Type == DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnHeader)
{
DataGridTextBoxColumn col = (DataGridTextBoxColumn)
mydatagrid.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[hit.Column];
DataGridTextBox dt = (DataGridTextBox) col.TextBox;
dt.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; // just for test
}
}

.... from a snippet somewhere in the MSDN library, but this causes
cells in the hit column to have a red background only if and while
they become selected; otherwise they appear normal. Any suggestions,
or another approach altogether?

Roger.

Check out:
http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/winforms/search/893.asp

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada


"Roger Lainson" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone suggest how to select or hilight a column in a Windows
> Forms datagrid, as visual feedback for an edit/copy command?
>
> I've tried ...
>
> private void mydatagrid_Mousedown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
> {
> // Determine location of mouse click.
> DataGrid.HitTestInfo hit = mydatagrid.HitTest(e.X, e.Y);
> if (hit.Type == DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnHeader)
> {
> DataGridTextBoxColumn col = (DataGridTextBoxColumn)
> mydatagrid.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[hit.Column];
> DataGridTextBox dt = (DataGridTextBox) col.TextBox;
> dt.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; // just for test
> }
> }
>
> ... from a snippet somewhere in the MSDN library, but this causes
> cells in the hit column to have a red background only if and while
> they become selected; otherwise they appear normal. Any suggestions,
> or another approach altogether?
>
> Roger.