How do I make the DataGridView show the selected row?

Question

I need to force the DataGridView to show the selected row.

In short, I have a textbox that changes the DGV select

Answer 1

Doing something like this:

dataGridView1.CurrentCell = dataGridView1.Rows[index].Cells[0];

will only work if the first column is visible. If it is hidden, you'll get an exception. This is safer:

var column = dataGridView1.CurrentCell != null ? dataGridView1.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex : dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingColumnIndex; dataGridView1.CurrentCell = dataGridView1.Rows[iNextHighlight].Cells[column];

This will reset the selection without scrolling if the target row is already on screen. It also preserves the current column choice which can matter in cases where you've allowed inline editing.