Datagridview: How to set a cell in editing mode?

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Setting the CurrentCell and then calling BeginEdit(true) works well for me.

The following code shows an eventHandler for the KeyDown event that sets a cell to be editable.

My example only implements one of the required key press overrides but in theory the others should work the same. (and I’m always setting the [0][0] cell to be editable but any other cell should work)

private void dataGridView1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Tab && dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex == 1)
    {
        e.Handled = true;
        DataGridViewCell cell = dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0];
        dataGridView1.CurrentCell = cell;
        dataGridView1.BeginEdit(true);               
    }
}

If you haven’t found it previously, the DataGridView FAQ is a great resource, written by the program manager for the DataGridView control, which covers most of what you could want to do with the control.

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