Question : Skip a cell on TAB in datagridview

Hi

I need to skip a cell, that is read only, when the user presses the Tab key.
I have tried the following code to skip over column 2

  Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As System.Windows.Forms.Message, ByVal keyData As System.Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean

        Select Case keyData
            Case Keys.Tab
                If grdHSE.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex = 1 Then
                    grdHSE.CurrentCell = grdHSE(3, grdHSE.CurrentCell.RowIndex)
                End If
        End Select
    End Function

but it skips to column 4 not 3.

All help much appreciated.

Best Regards
Alun Gwyther

Answer : Skip a cell on TAB in datagridview

What I think is happening here is that the CurrentCell is being changed to grdHSE(3, grdHSE.CurrentCell.RowIndex) BEFORE the Tab keystroke is firing, so that when it does fire, it is then moving the focus to the next cell, which is grdHSE(4, grdHSE.CurrentCell.RowIndex).  What you need to do is consume the Tab keystroke, so that it doesn't get processed after you have set the cell you want.  LIke this

    Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As System.Windows.Forms.Message, ByVal keyData As System.Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean
        Debug.WriteLine(grdHSE.CurrentCell.RowIndex)
        Select Case keyData
            Case Keys.Tab
                If grdHSE.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex = 1 Then
                    grdHSE.CurrentCell = grdHSE(3, grdHSE.CurrentCell.RowIndex)
                    Return True '<<< NOTE NEW LINE
                End If
        End Select
    End Function

Roger