How do I make the DataGridView show the selected row?

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

In short, I have a textbox that changes the DGV selection based on what is typed into the textbox. When this happens, the selection changes to the matching row.

Unfortunately if the selected row is out of the view, I have to manually scroll down to find the selection. Does anyone know how to force the DGV to show the selected row?

Thanks!

You can set:

dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = dataGridView1.SelectedRows[0].Index;

Here is the MSDN documentation on this property.

This one scrolls to the selected row without put it on top.

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

Consider also this code (uses the from competent_tech suggested way):

private static void EnsureVisibleRow(DataGridView view, int rowToShow)
{
    if (rowToShow >= 0 && rowToShow < view.RowCount)
    {
        var countVisible = view.DisplayedRowCount(false);
        var firstVisible = view.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex;
        if (rowToShow < firstVisible)
        {
            view.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = rowToShow;
        }
        else if (rowToShow >= firstVisible + countVisible)
        {
            view.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = rowToShow - countVisible + 1;
        }
    }
}

Just put that line after the selecting the row:

dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = dataGridView1.SelectedRows[0].Index;

int rowIndex = -1;
foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
{
    if (row.Cells[0].Value.ToString().Equals(searchString))
    {
        rowIndex = row.Index;
        break;
    }
}
if (rowIndex >= 0)
{
    dataGridView1.CurrentCell = dataGridView1[visibleColumnIndex, rowIndex];
}

visibleColumnIndex - selected cell must be visible

Please note that setting FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex when your DataGridView is not enabled will scroll the list to desired row, but scrollbar will not reflect its position. Simpliest solution is re-enabling and disabling your DGV.

dataGridView1.Enabled = true;
dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = index;
dataGridView1.Enabled = false;

// This works, it's case sensitive and finds the first occurrence of search

    private bool FindInGrid(string search)
    {
        bool results = false;

        foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dgvData.Rows)
        {
            if (row.DataBoundItem != null)
            {
                foreach (DataGridViewCell cell in row.Cells)
                {
                    if (cell.Value.ToString().Contains(search))
                    {
                        dgvData.CurrentCell = cell;
                        dgvData.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = cell.RowIndex;
                        results = true;
                        break;
                    }

                    if (results == true)
                        break;
                }
                if (results == true)
                    break;
            }
        }

        return results;
    }

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.

I made the next search function it works wel for scrolling selections in display.

private void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  dataGridView1.ClearSelection();
  string strSearch = txtSearch.Text.ToUpper();
  int iIndex = -1;
  int iFirstFoundRow = -1;
  bool bFound = false;
  if (strSearch != "")
  {
    dataGridView1.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect;

    /*  Select All Rows Starting With The Search string in row.cells[1] =
    second column. The search string can be 1 letter till a complete line
    If The dataGridView MultiSelect is set to true this will highlight 
    all found rows. If The dataGridView MultiSelect is set to false only 
    the last found row will be highlighted. Or if you jump out of the  
    foreach loop the first found row will be highlighted.*/

   foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dataGridView1.Rows)
   {
     if ((row.Cells[1].Value.ToString().ToUpper()).IndexOf(strSearch) == 0)
     {
       iIndex = row.Index;
       if(iFirstFoundRow == -1)  // First row index saved in iFirstFoundRow
       {
         iFirstFoundRow = iIndex;
       }
       dataGridView1.Rows[iIndex].Selected = true; // Found row is selected
       bFound = true; // This is needed to scroll de found rows in display
       // break; //uncomment this if you only want the first found row.
     }
   }
   if (bFound == false)
   {
     dataGridView1.ClearSelection(); // Nothing found clear all Highlights.
   }
   else
   {
     // Scroll found rows in display
     dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = iFirstFoundRow; 
   }
}

}