I couldn't do the first part, because I need the selected cell value, and it was selecting a row. Since the user can also select multiple cells on the same row, this was not an option.

I did however try the ClickCell code, but that didnt solve the problem of disabling drag selection of multiple cells. Here's my code snippet

       void grid_ClickCellButton(object sender, CellEventArgs e)
        {           
            if (grid.Selected.Cells.Count < 1)
                grid.Selected.Cells.Add(e.Cell);
            else
                if ((ModifierKeys == Keys.Shift) || (ModifierKeys == Keys.Control))
                    grid.Selected.Cells.Add(e.Cell);
      }

How do i disable the "drag selection" ... i.e. when in a grid, If I click while moving the mouse and hold the click, it selects multiple cells. This could pose a problem in my application. I just want the cell capturing the actual click to be selected, not the whole selection. Thanks.

If you need the users to be able to select multiple cells using Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click, and you want to disabled just the dragging selection, you should use SelectType.ExtendedAutoDrag. 

I guess that may seem a little weird that you need to choose AutoDrag in order to turn off dragging selection. But drag in this case refers to the ability to click on a cell and begin dragging the selected cells to some other control, not dragging the selection itself.

Of course, if you just want single selection and don't want the user to select multiple objects at all, you could just use SelectType.Single.

I have this line in my InitializeComponent() function

grid.DisplayLayout.Override.SelectTypeCell = 

SelectType.ExtendedAutoDrag;

And this has disabled selection dragging. However , I do have drag n drop enabled , so my mouse down and mouse move events trigger that.  The only way I can select multiple rows is by holding down shift or ctrl.

Hi Mike,

  This solution is not working for me in case of

SelectTypeRow  = SelectType.ExtendedAutoDrag. I need to select multiple rows only when I having Ctrl or Shift key is pressed.

Regards,

Santosh

Thanks a lot! this is exactly what I wanted.