Select Row

[Orit]

Hello

I want to let the user find a row by the value of a specific column
this is the scenario-
the user write a text in a TextBox
and click search
then I take the text and find the row

(((System.Data.DataView)RadGridView1.ItemsSource).Table.Select("ActivityName like '%" + txtSearch.Text + "%' ")[0])

now I want to select this row
how can I do it?

[Milan]

Hi Orit,

Once you have found the data item you just need to set it as SelectedItem and it will be selected. For example:

var itemToSelect = (((System.Data.DataView)RadGridView1.ItemsSource).Table.Select("ActivityName like '%" + txtSearch.Text + "%' ")[0]);
this.myGrid.SelectedItem = itemToSelect;

Sincerely yours,
Milan
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[Orit]

I tried it
but it does not work
the SelectedItem is null.

[Milan]

Hi Orit,

I guess that either the itemToSelect is null or it is not present in the ItemsSource that the grid is bound to. Since you are using a DataView I guess the grid is bound to a list of DataRowView items. If that is the case you will need to find the corresponding DataRowView (the Select method return a DataRow) item and set this item as SelectedItem. 

Kind regards,
Milan
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