I preparing an application using datagridview having datagridviewTextbox. The requirment of this application is that when the application first loads the datagrid view should not have any cell selected. the datagridview by default selects the uppermost left cell as selected. How can i have no cell selected in the beginning. I tried to set FirstDisplayedCellproperty for the purpose but to no avail.

I did try ClearSelection on form load but the highlight was still there on the upper left corner. Is there any event which can be called after form load to deselect all cells or to set FirstDisplayed cell as null

Try setting dgv.CurrentCell to Nothing but beware of the following:

"You can set this property to a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to temporarily remove the focus rectangle, but when the control receives focus and the value of this property is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), it is automatically set to the value of the FirstDisplayedCell property. "

Hope this helps...