Not able to highlight multiple rows with checkbox column in a datagridview

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I have an unbound checkbox column in my datagridview, added from the design. I want to select and highlight each row when i check any checkbox of corresponding row. For this i have wrote the following code:

C#

private void dgvUserData_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
        {
            RowCheckBoxClick();
        }

private void RowCheckBoxClick()
        {
            int count = 0;
            foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dgvUserData.Rows)
            {
                if (Convert.ToBoolean(row.Cells[0].Value))
                {
                    row.Selected = true;
                    count = count + 1;d
                }
                else
                {
                    row.Selected = false;
                    count = count - 1;
                }
            }
            
            //txtRecordSelected.Text = count.ToString();
        }

But it is behaving totally unexpected way. While debugging I noticed, the Convert.ToBoolean(row.Cells[0].Value) value is coming as null for checkboxes which i checked. I tried to place the RowCheckBoxClick() event in other events also, but none of them is working properly.
But surprisingly when I am clicking any other button on the screen, then the datagridview is showing with properly row highlighted or selected.
Am i missing anything? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Posted 20-Apr-14 9:45am

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 20-Apr-14 22:17pm

Why have you tagged the question with "ASP.NET"?

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-20T17:08:00

try with both CellValueChanged and CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged events

C#

private void dataGridView1_CellValueChanged(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.RowIndex >= 0 && e.ColumnIndex == 0)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[0].Value.ToString());
    }
}

private void dataGridView1_CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellDirty)
    {
        dataGridView1.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit);
    }
}

Quote:
The DataGridView.CellValueChanged event occurs when the user-specified value is committed, which typically occurs when focus leaves the cell.
In the case of check box cells, however, you will typically want to handle the change immediately. To commit the change when the cell is clicked, you must handle the DataGridView.CurrentCellDirtyStateChanged event. In the handler, if the current cell is a check box cell, call the DataGridView.CommitEdit method and pass in the Commit value.
Rows in the control are not automatically sorted when a cell value is changed. To sort the control when the user modifies a cell, call the Sort method in a CellValueChanged event handler.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview.cellvaluechanged.aspx[^]