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DataGridView.CurrentCellAddress Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:
System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets the row and column indexes of the currently active cell.

public:
 property System::Drawing::Point CurrentCellAddress { System::Drawing::Point get(); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Drawing.Point CurrentCellAddress { get; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.CurrentCellAddress : System.Drawing.Point
Public ReadOnly Property CurrentCellAddress As Point

Property Value

Point

A Point that represents the row and column indexes of the currently active cell.

Attributes
BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example illustrates how to use the CurrentCellAddress property in a row-painting scenario. In the example, this property is used to store the row index of the current cell. When the user changes the current cell to a different row, the row is forced to repaint itself.

This code is part of a larger example available in How to: Customize the Appearance of Rows in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

// Forces the row to repaint itself when the user changes the 
// current cell. This is necessary to refresh the focus rectangle.
void dataGridView1_CurrentCellChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (oldRowIndex != -1)
    {
        this.dataGridView1.InvalidateRow(oldRowIndex);
    }
    oldRowIndex = this.dataGridView1.CurrentCellAddress.Y;
}

' Forces the row to repaint itself when the user changes the 
' current cell. This is necessary to refresh the focus rectangle.
Sub dataGridView1_CurrentCellChanged(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles dataGridView1.CurrentCellChanged

    If oldRowIndex <> -1 Then
        Me.dataGridView1.InvalidateRow(oldRowIndex)
    End If
    oldRowIndex = Me.dataGridView1.CurrentCellAddress.Y

End Sub

Remarks

Use this property to determine the row and column of the current cell without accessing the cell directly. This is useful to avoid unsharing shared rows. For more information about row sharing, see Best Practices for Scaling the Windows Forms DataGridView Control.

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