How do I disable arrow keys while editing datagridview cell

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I have a DataGridView in my form which allows to edit details of a product. What I want to know is how to prevent navigation to the cell in

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the next row by using the arrow keys while the DataGridView is in editable mode. I've used the following code snippet, but it doesn't work for me. Can anyone help me to sort out this issue?


 if (canedit = true && e.KeyCode == Keys.Down || e.KeyCode == Keys.Up)
          {
              e.Handled = true;
              e.SuppressKeyPress = true;

          }

in here canedit is a boolean value

Posted 18-Nov-14 19:13pm

Harindu Karunatillake

Updated 21-Oct-22 3:30am

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Kiran Wilson · Answer 1 · 2014-11-18T19:23:00

Solution 1

Please check this link

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-us/0ab6da7d-b9c3-40a1-8021-c561444b3075/datagridview-disable-arrow-keys-for-navigation[^]

Hope this help..

Posted 18-Nov-14 19:23pm

Kiran Wilson

Jαved · Answer 2 · 2014-11-18T19:48:00

Solution 2

Hi,
Use following-

C#

void dataGridView1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            switch (e.KeyData & Keys.KeyCode)
            {
                case Keys.Up:
                case Keys.Right:
                case Keys.Down:
                case Keys.Left:
                    e.Handled = true;
                    e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
                    break;
            }

        }

Posted 18-Nov-14 19:48pm

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Harindu Karunatillake 27-Nov-14 4:30am

NO it's not working, what I'm require is , I want to edit the cell in the selected row only. Other rows should be disable when editing the cell in selected row.