Selecting entire row in DataGridView programmatically (without using ...Rows[].Selected)

Question

I've been trying to create Mp3 list using DataGridView to show info. I want to add data at runtime and I have Columns like Artist, Song Name, Rating, Path... but I want to be able to select entire Row when selecting a Cell. I've used this code for that:

    private void DataViewGrid1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        int rindex = DataViewGrid1.CurrentCell.RowIndex;
        DataViewGrid1.Rows[rindex].Selected = true;
    }

and it works but the problem is that it's to sloooow! When I click on the cell whole row is selected but it's visually terrible. I can see cell selected and after a delay whole row is selected but the delay is just too long. Is there a faster (or better) way to do this? Or maybe there is a better control that can do this? I also want to be able to present rows in a different font (for example: change font color for the same artist in the list). I'm open for all suggestions. Thanks!

Jacob Seleznev Jacob Seleznev · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-20T02:08:51

DataViewGrid1.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect;

The entire row will be selected by clicking its row's header or a cell contained in that row.

If you want to color based on having a value in the cell, something like this will do the trick.

Selecting entire row in DataGridView programmatically (without using ...Rows[].Selected)

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