Question

How do you override the enter key in a datagridview so that it will set focus to the next column instead to the next row?

Answer 1

All you need to do is handle the KeyDown event of the DataGridView and in the handler, check if the current key pressed is an Enter key. If so, just set the CurrentCell of the DataGridView to the next cell (also check if this is the last cell in the row, in that case, move to the first cell of the next Row.)

Private Sub DataGridView1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.KeyDown   If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then     Dim numCols As Integer = DataGridView1.ColumnCount     Dim numRows As Integer = DataGridView1.RowCount     Dim currCell As DataGridViewCell = DataGridView1.CurrentCell     If currCell.ColumnIndex = numCols - 1 Then       If currCell.RowIndex < numRows - 1 Then         DataGridView1.CurrentCell = DataGridView1.Item(0, currCell.RowIndex + 1)       End If     Else       DataGridView1.CurrentCell = DataGridView1.Item(currCell.ColumnIndex + 1, currCell.RowIndex)     End If     e.Handled = True   End If End Sub