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API Reference

Multiple Cell Selection

In this mode, an end-user can select contiguous blocks of cells and individual cells within different data rows by clicking them while holding the SHIFT or CTRL key down.

MultipleCellSelection

Multiple cell selection is allowed only for a TableView. It is enabled if the TableView.MultiSelectMode property is set to TableViewSelectMode.Cell and the DataViewBase.NavigationStyle property is set to GridViewNavigationStyle.Cell.

Methods that can be used to select/unselect cells:

Method Description
TableView.SelectCell Selects a specified cell.
TableView.SelectCells Selects multiple cells.
TableView.UnselectCell Unselects a specified cell.
TableView.UnselectCells Unselects multiple cells.

For information on how to obtain selected cells, see Obtaining Selected Rows and Cells.