SpreadsheetControl.ActiveCell Property

Gets an active cell in the active worksheet.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Spreadsheet

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public Cell ActiveCell { get; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public ReadOnly Property ActiveCell As Cell

Property Value

Type	Description
Cell	A Cell object.

Remarks

The SpreadsheetControl.Selection property specifies the selected cell range in the active worksheet (for instance, B3:F9 in the image below). The SpreadsheetControl.SelectedCell property specifies an active cell where data is inserted when a user types (E7 in the image below). Use the SpreadsheetControl.ActiveCell property to obtain this cell. Selection can be a cell or cell range, while SelectedCell is always a single cell within the current selection.

The following code specifies the cell selection and an active cell as shown in the image above.

C#

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
// ...

IWorkbook workbook = spreadsheetControl1.Document;
Worksheet activeSheet = workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet;

// Specify the selected range in the active worksheet.
spreadsheetControl1.Selection = activeSheet.Range["B3:F9"];
// Specify an active cell in the active worksheet.
spreadsheetControl1.SelectedCell = activeSheet.Cells["E7"];

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet
' ...

Dim workbook As IWorkbook = spreadsheetControl1.Document
Dim activeSheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet

' Specify the selected range in the active worksheet.
spreadsheetControl1.Selection = activeSheet.Range("B3:F9")
' Specify an active cell in the active worksheet.
spreadsheetControl1.SelectedCell = activeSheet.Cells("E7") 

Note

You can also use the Worksheet.Selection and Worksheet.SelectedCell properties to specify the selected range and active cell in a worksheet.