WPF: How do I set the focus on a datagrid to a specific row?

Question

I would like to set the focus on the first row of a data grid.

This is what I have so far:

Keyboard.Focus(ResultsGrid)
If result.Count > 0 Then
    ResultsGrid.SelectedIndex = 0
End If

This will set the focus to the datagrid, but not the row itself.

score 23 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '12 at 02:17

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After selecting the row you will have to set the focus on the row in the following way:

ResultsGrid.SelectedIndex = index;
DataGridRow row = (DataGridRow)ResultsGrid.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(index);
row.MoveFocus(new TraversalRequest(FocusNavigationDirection.Next));

answered Jan 21 '12 at 02:17

Guido Zanon

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my program is interrupted because the variable 'row' is null.. any ideas? Thanks. – Allan Ruin Aug 14 '17 at 14:08
Remeber that index is base 0 (0 is first row). You can add a check if row != null to avoid the exception. – Guido Zanon Aug 15 '17 at 23:20
@AllanRuin Look at the answer of this question: [link](https://stackoverflow.com/a/14551197) – Tempest.Me Nov 24 '21 at 10:10

Taylor Leese · Answer 2 · 2010-03-19T22:58:06.983

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Try this:

yourDataGrid.SelectedItem = yourDataGrid.Items[i];

edited Mar 19 '10 at 22:58

answered Mar 19 '10 at 22:13

Taylor Leese

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It is complaining that row is null. – Jonathan Allen Mar 19 '10 at 22:25
ItemContainerGenerator.Status is NotStarted. Is there a way to manually kick it off? – Jonathan Allen Mar 19 '10 at 22:47
Updated my answer. It's easier than I thought. – Taylor Leese Mar 19 '10 at 22:58
That has the same problem I had using `SelectedIndex = 0`. – Jonathan Allen Mar 20 '10 at 05:26
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In my application it gave focus to the row and not just the datagrid. – Taylor Leese Mar 20 '10 at 06:02
dataGrid.Focus(); is also work for focus in datagrid and arrows keys not working then what if we want to focus on rows as well because of this our arrow keys will work any solution please ? – Ahmad Oct 22 '17 at 13:02

WPF: How do I set the focus on a datagrid to a specific row?

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