Question

I have an editable DataGridView with SelectionMode set to FullRowSelect (so the whole row is highlighted when the user clicks on any cell). However I would like the cell that currently has focus to be highlighted with a different back color (so the user can clearly see what cell they are about to edit). How can I do this (I do not want to change the SelectionMode)?

Answer 1

I figured out a better way of doing this, using the CellFormatting event:

Private Sub uxContacts_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) Handles uxContacts.CellFormatting     If uxContacts.CurrentCell IsNot Nothing Then         If e.RowIndex = uxContacts.CurrentCell.RowIndex And e.ColumnIndex = uxContacts.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex Then             e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.SteelBlue         Else             e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = uxContacts.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor         End If     End If End Sub