How to stop auto select of first record/selection changed event

[Andrew]

Hi,

The behaviour I am trying to stop is this,

I have a gridview that is used as a generic list/grid that is populated by different data based on a users selections.

I have a function that is called whenever the selection changed event is fired.

My problem is the selection changed event is fired whenever the grid is populated with data, therefore can I stop the autoselection
of the first record whenever the grid is populated.

NB I am using the latest version of the gridview 2010 Q3 (2010.3 10.1215)

Thanks for any help

Andrew

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello Andrew,

In order to deselect all rows after data binding the grid, you can register for the DataBindingComplete event and clear the selection there. But there is a catch, because of the asynchronous nature of the grid you should use a timer to call a clear selection on the grid, like so:

void radGridView1_DataBindingComplete(object sender, GridViewBindingCompleteEventArgs e)
{
    var timer = new Timer();
    timer.Interval = 20;
    timer.Tick += delegate
    {
        timer.Stop();
        radGridView1.ClearSelection();
        radGridView1.CurrentRow = null;
    };

    timer.Start();
}

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[Richard Slade]

Hello Andrew,

To add to Emanuel's suggestions, you could also remove the event handler for the event before binding, and re-add the handler after binding to ensure that the event is not fired.
Regards,
Richard

[Andrew]

Thank you guys for your help.

It was as I feared, there is no property in the winforms grid (unlike the silverlight version) which performed this function.

I ended up using a "flag" when the data source was changed and my controls leave/load events to ignore the initial row selection.

Thanks again for all the assistance

Andrew