how to control datagridview cursor movement in C#

Question

I'd like my datagridview cursor to move right to the next column instead of moving to the next row after entering data to a cell.

I've attempted to take control of the cursor by capturing the keys via dataGridView1_KeyDown event but this does not prevent the cursor from moving to the next row after entering data to a cell ...

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Cheers,

Stefan Stefan · Accepted Answer · 2008-12-02T03:16:36

Here are an answer from Mark Rideout (DatagridView Program Manager)

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=157055&SiteID=1

Scroll down 4 posts (and then more because they make better versions later on in the thread).

For future references if link will expire (All credits to Mark Rideout):

Create a new class named dvg that inherits from DataGridView. Compile project and then use this extended Datagridview-control instead of the normal and you'll have a datagridview that selects the next cell when pressing enter:

public class dgv : DataGridView
{
protected override bool ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData)
{
    Keys key = (keyData & Keys.KeyCode);
    if (key == Keys.Enter)
    {
        return this.ProcessRightKey(keyData);
    }
    return base.ProcessDialogKey(keyData);
}
protected override bool ProcessDataGridViewKey(KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
    {
        return this.ProcessRightKey(e.KeyData);
    }
    return base.ProcessDataGridViewKey(e);
}

}

how to control datagridview cursor movement in C#

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