Get Selected Row in DataGridView not working VB.Net

Question

I have a pretty standard DataGridView and have already used

.SelectionMode = DataGridViewSelectionMode.FullRowSelect
.MultiSelect = False

in order ensure the entire row is selected.

Situation : I need to obtain the selected row in order to load the data in the row to another screen to "Modify" the data. I am using the following to get the Selected Row.

Private Sub DataGridView2_CellContentClick(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView2.CellContentClick
    Try
        If e.RowIndex >= 0 Then
            Dim row As DataGridViewRow
            row = Me.DataGridView2.Rows(e.RowIndex)
            GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo = e.RowIndex ' Or row
            MsgBox("GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo is ---> " & GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo)

            'textboxTst.Text = row.Cells("Description").Value.ToString
        End If
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

Question : The problem is that most of the time when one clicks on the data within the DGV the code above is run and sets the e.RowIndex - BUT when I hit any white space on the row nothing happens and so results in the problem of using the previous row selected, which is in fact the wrong row.?

Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I think what you are looking for is DataGridView CellClick instead of CellContentClick. CellContentClick does not fire when white space around the cell content is clicked.

Private Sub DataGridView2_CellClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles DataGridView2.CellClick
Try
    If e.RowIndex >= 0 Then
        Dim row As DataGridViewRow
        row = Me.DataGridView2.Rows(e.RowIndex)
        GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo = e.RowIndex ' Or row
        MsgBox("GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo is ---> " & GlobalVariables.SelectedlineItemRowNo)

        'textboxTst.Text = row.Cells("Description").Value.ToString
    End If
Catch ex As Exception
    MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub