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How to force a selection of cells in a TStringGrid Turn on/off line numbers in source code. Switch to Orginial background IDE or DSP color Comment or reply to this aritlce/tip for discussion. Bookmark this article to my favorite article(s). Print this article
05-Nov-02
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			Author: Tomas Rutkauskas

I'm attempting to force a selection of cells based on the user clicking in the 
grid. Here is my code:
1   
2   procedure TSizeSelectFrm.SizeSelectStrngGrdSelectCell(Sender: TObject;
3     ACol, ARow: Integer; var CanSelect: Boolean);
4   var
5     Select: TGridRect;
6   begin
7     CanSelect := False;
8     Select.Left := 0;
9     Select.Right := 2;
10    if ARow < 10 then
11    begin
12      Select.Top := ARow;
13      Select.Bottom := SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection.Bottom;
14    end;
15    if ARow > 10 then
16    begin
17      Select.Top := SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection.Top;
18      Select.Bottom := ARow;
19    end;
20    SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection := Select;
21  end;


What happens is sometimes the selected cells don't always select properly. In the 
debugger, the value for select seems to be always set properly. Is there something 
wrong with the way I'm "applying" the selection?

Answer:

Your selection is overwritten when the mouse crosses a cell boundary or when the 
mouse button is released. SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection. Right is made to correspond 
to the most recent cursor position. You can put it back like so:
22  
23  procedure TForm1.SizeSelectStrngGrdMouseUp(Sender: TObject;
24    Button: TMouseButton; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
25  var
26    Select: TGridRect;
27  begin
28    {When the mouse button is released set the right of the selected range}
29    Select := SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection;
30    Select.Right := 2;
31    SizeSelectStrngGrd.Selection := Select;
32    {Record that the mouse button is up}
33    MouseDown := false;
34  end;


MouseDown is a class-scope Boolean that is used later. The mouse up handler above 
gives the right selection, but the grid looks naff as the selected area spreads out 
to the right then contracts when the mouse button is released. You can improve on 
that by recording whether the left mouse button is up or down:
35  
36  procedure TForm1.SizeSelectStrngGrdMouseDown(Sender: TObject;
37    Button: TMouseButton; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
38  begin
39    {Record that the mouse button is down}
40    MouseDown := mbLeft = Button;
41  end;


and controlling how the grid is drawn so that cells you don't want to be selected 
are not drawn as though they were selected:
42  
43  procedure TForm1.SizeSelectStrngGrdDrawCell(Sender: TObject;
44    ACol, ARow: Integer; Rect: TRect; State: TGridDrawState);
45  begin
46    {When the mouse is down only allow cells in column two to be drawn as though they 
47  are selected}
48    if ((ACol <> 2) and (gdSelected in State) and MouseDown) then
49      State := State - [gdSelected];
50    with SizeSelectStrngGrd.Canvas do
51    begin
52      {Choose a brush colour to suit the cell}
53      if gdFixed in State then
54        Brush.Color := clBtnFace
55      else if gdSelected in State then
56        Brush.Color := clHighlight
57      else
58        Brush.Color := clWindow;
59      {Colour the cell background}
60      FillRect(Rect);
61      {Display the text}
62      TextOut(Rect.Left + 2, Rect.Top + 2, SizeSelectStrngGrd.Cells[ACol, ARow]);
63    end;
64  end;


This will likely need some polishing before it's ready for use, but it does let you 
control what is
selected.









			
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