By default, pressing Enter on a cell or row that is not being edited, will do nothing while pressing Enter on a cell or row that is being edited will commit the modifications. In order to change the default behavior of the Enter key, the grid's ProcessCmdKey method must be overridden.
Demonstration
The following examples demonstrates how to change the behavior of the Enter key so that when enter is pressed the focus will go to the next cell:
VB.NET
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Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey ( ByRef msg As Message, _ ByVal keyData As Keys ) As Boolean
' ProcessCmdKey is only used for the Enter and the Escape keys. If keyData = Keys.Enter Then
' Move to the next cell on the right when the enter key is pressed Me.MoveCurrentCell( HorizontalDirection.Right ) Me.CurrentCell.BringIntoView()
Return True End If
Return MyBase.ProcessCmdKey( msg,keyData ) End Function
C#
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protected override System.Boolean ProcessCmdKey ( ref Message msg , Keys keyData) { // ProcessCmdKey is only used for the Enter and the Escape keys. if( keyData == Keys.Enter ) { // Move to the next cell on the right when the enter key is pressed this.MoveCurrentCell( HorizontalDirection.Right ); this.CurrentCell.BringIntoView();
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