How do I select a single cell in a WPF datagrid?

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When I click a cell in a WPF datagrid, the whole row is selected, and when I press Ctrl + C to copy the content, the whole row i copied...

How do I select and copy the content of a single cell?

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 01 '22 at 10:22

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Use SelectionUnit Property of Datagrid. For example:

dataGridView1.SelectionUnit = DataGridSelectionUnit.Cell;

Where unit can be Cell, CellOrRowHeader or FullRow.

edited Dec 01 '22 at 10:22

Michael Berg

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answered Jan 11 '11 at 16:59

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does it make sense to set selectionMode to single when you set SelectionUnit to cell? – st35ly Sep 30 '14 at 20:56

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '14 at 16:16

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WPF datagrid comes up with the 'SelectionUnit' property.
You can set the following values 'SingleCell/FullRow/CellorRowHeader'.
If you want to select multiple rows, use the 'SelectionMode' property and set the value to 'Extended.'

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '10 at 13:37

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This is an option in the WPF grid, you should have a property named SelectionMode (or something like that depending of the datagrid you're using) that define how cells are selected.

answered Apr 26 '10 at 13:37

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SelectionMode is for how many of the specified SelectionUnit can be selected. – N_A Jan 18 '12 at 03:21
I think it's actually a helpful bit of information to be associated with this question. I recently needed both (which is why I found this question). – N_A Jan 18 '12 at 17:20

How do I select a single cell in a WPF datagrid?

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