How to: Set the Selection Mode of the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

The following code example demonstrates how to configure a DataGridView control so that clicking anywhere within a row automatically selects the entire row, and so that only one row at a time can be selected.

Example

With Me.dataGridView1
    .SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect
    .MultiSelect = False 
End With

this.dataGridView1.SelectionMode =
    DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect;
this.dataGridView1.MultiSelect = false;

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• A DataGridView control named dataGridView1.

• References to the System and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.

See Also

Concepts

Selection Modes in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control

Reference

DataGridView

MultiSelect

SelectionMode

DataGridViewSelectionMode

Other Resources

Selection and Clipboard Use with the Windows Forms DataGridView Control