Disable auto first row selection in Grid

[Anton Swanevelder]

Hi,

Is there a way to disable the auto selection of the first row of the grid.

I want nothing to be selected when the user see the grid the first time.

Thanks in advance

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hi Anton,

 You need to set the IsSynchronizedWithCurrenItem property on the RadGridView to False.

Best wishes,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team

[Daniel Billingsley]

Thanks for this reply.  It solves my immediate problem.

However, what are the consequences of this for the following scenario?

If I have a button on each row, and I need to be able to detect the row/item associated with the particular button clicked, I have code like this in the button's click event:

GridViewRow row = (sender as UIElement).ParentOfType<GridViewRow>();
row.IsSelected;
// Is one of these better?
// myGridView.SelectedItem = row.Item;
// myGridView.CurrentItem = row.Item;

I'm currently using the first (IsSelected) option, per sample code provided to solve the scenario described, but I'm thinking that won't work any more with this synchronization turned off.

I ultimately just need to get the selected or current item (the item associated with the button/row) bound to a property in my ViewModel.  Would either of the last two lines work if I just bind their respective GridView property (SelectedItem vs. CurrentItem)?

[Yavor Georgiev]

Hello Daniel Billingsley,

 Here's a bit more info on IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem.

All the best,
Yavor Georgiev
the Telerik team