'How to deselect all selected rows in a DataGridView control?

I'd like to deselect all selected rows in a DataGridView control when the user clicks on a blank (non-row) part of the control.
How can I do this?

Solution 1:^[1]

C# version:

if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left)
        {
            DataGridView.HitTestInfo hit = dgv_track.HitTest(e.X, e.Y);
            if (hit.Type == DataGridViewHitTestType.None)
            {
                dgv_track.ClearSelection();
                dgv_track.CurrentCell = null;
            }
        }

Solution 2:^[2]

i found out why my first row was default selected and found out how to not select it by default.

By default my datagridview was the object with the first tab-stop on my windows form. Making the tab stop first on another object (maybe disabling tabstop for the datagrid at all will work to) disabled selecting the first row

Solution 3:^[3]

Set

dgv.CurrentCell = null;

when user clicks on a blank part of the dgv.

Solution 4:^[4]

i have ran into the same problem and found a solution (not totally by myself, but there is the internet for)

Color blue  = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#CCFFFF");
Color red = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FFCCFF");
Color letters = Color.Black;

foreach (DataGridViewRow r in datagridIncome.Rows)
{
    if (r.Cells[5].Value.ToString().Contains("1")) { 
        r.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = blue;
        r.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = blue;
        r.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionForeColor = letters;
    }
    else { 
        r.DefaultCellStyle.BackColor = red;
        r.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = red;
        r.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionForeColor = letters;
    }
}

This is a small trick, the only way you can see a row is selected, is by the very first column (not column[0], but the one therefore). When you click another row, you will not see the blue selection anymore, only the arrow indicates which row have selected. As you understand, I use rowSelection in my gridview.

Solution 5:^[5]

In VB.net use for the Sub:

    Private Sub dgv_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles dgv.MouseUp
    ' deselezionare se click su vuoto
    If e.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then
        ' Check the HitTest information for this click location
        If Equals(dgv.HitTest(e.X, e.Y), DataGridView.HitTestInfo.Nowhere) Then
            dgv.ClearSelection()
            dgv.CurrentCell = Nothing
        End If
    End If
End Sub

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'How to deselect all selected rows in a DataGridView control?

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