Datagrid - Selecting a line after sorting ..

Trevor DeVore lists at mangomultimedia.com
Fri Apr 9 09:26:59 EDT 2010


On Apr 8, 2010, at 11:03 PM, JACK RARICK wrote:

> I have a datagrid with one hundred rows and six columns. The user  
> clicks on a "cell" somewhere in the middle of the grid that  
> immediately performs an action and resorts the grid. The row number  
> is stored - but how do I get the original line "reselected" so the  
> user knows where he was?

Grab the dgHilitedIndex before you sort and then set the  
dgHilitedIndex after performing the sort. Using the index allows you  
to track rows in the Data Grid regardless of sort order.

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