C# Winforms: how do you set focus to a DataGridView component on a form?

Question

I have a DataGridView component on a form. How do I set the focus to this component so that it responds to arrow keys?

Accepted Answer

You could:

```
dataGridView.Select();
```

or

```
dataGridView.Focus();
```

Alternatively, you could set the ActiveControl property:

```
ActiveControl = dataGridView;
```

The following text came from Microsoft

Focus is a low-level method intended primarily for custom control authors. Instead, application programmers should use the Select method or the ActiveControl property for child controls, or the Activate method for forms.

C# Winforms: how do you set focus to a DataGridView component on a form?

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