Question

Is it possible and if so, how, to programmatically select non-consecutive rows in a standard WinForms datagrid?

foreach (var selectableRowIndex in selectableRowIndices)
{
    dataGridView.Rows[selectableRowIndex ].Selected = true;
}

… does work, but after setting the dataGridView’s .CurrentCell Property via

dataGridView.CurrentCell = dataGridView.Rows[underlyingRowIndex].Cells[1];

all other rows get deselected.

What’s the proper way to set the current row/cell and keep other rows selected?

Answer 1

a quick and dirty solution would be:

-get the IDs of the currently selected rows
-change the current cell
-re-select the rows