How can I set the focus of a given a field (column) in a DBGrid component.

For example : if i click on a button, i wish to set the focus to the first
column of the DBGrid.

Danny Wijnschenk
da...@pophost.eunet.be

I had a similar problem...but the fix is easy.  You'll need to
add just a couple lines of code to your button:

   TheGrid.SetFocus;
   TheGrid.SelectedIndex := 4;

The selected index refers to the number in the index property
in the fields editor of the field you would like to set focus
to.

Hope this helps,

-Mike

  procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  begin
    DBGrid1.SelectedIndex := 1;
    DBGrid1.SetFocus;
  end;

The second means is by a reference to the field as a TField, allowing you
to set focus to a column based on the name of the field, using the
SelectedField property.

  procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
  begin
    DBGrid1.SelectedField := Table1.FieldByName('ADDRESS');
    DBGrid1.SetFocus;
  end;

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Russell Arnold
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        DBGrid.SelectedIndex := 0;              { 1st column in DBGrid }

The current row depends on the current record in the database, so you'll need to
do a findkey or similar on the dataset the grid is associated with.

Hope that helps,

Simon.

  LinGrid.SelectedField := LinTbl.fieldByName('QNSQty');
  LinGrid.Setfocus;

Ben
Arrow