Grid: keep focus when refresh(?)

[stevens]

Hi,

I have a gridview which I do a refresh when certain action happens in the gridview.
Now when the refresh happens all items are reloaded and the focus goes to the first row.

Is there a way to keep the focus on the row which was selected before the refresh/reload of the grid?

J

[jvierra]

The only way I know of is to save the selected row and reselect it after the refresh.

[stevens]

Ok, thanks. And how do I do that?
I can select an item in gridview, but never selected a row, then how to go to that row when refresh happens?

[stevens]

Something like this?
In action selectionchanged
$Global:LastSelectedRowDataGridView = $dataGridView.SelectedRows[0].Index

Then in refresh
$datagridview.SelectedRows = $LastSelectedRowDataGridView

[stevens]

Note: tried solution above but did not work.
It says error "'SelectedRows' is a ReadOnly property..Exception.Message a"

[jvierra]

You have to get a row object and "select" it.

$dartagridview.Rows[$rowid].Selected = $true

[stevens]

Thanks, that works!
But now the grid has the first row AND the selected item. Is there a property I can deselect so it doesn't select first row in grid too?

Note: when I select another item in the grid, then select first row, after refresh it doesn't select first row but the other row in the grid which is confusing for GUI user.

[jvierra]

Try "$false".

[stevens]

Thanks, that works but then no item is selected in the gridview.

[jvierra]

So set the item you want to be selected to $true.