How can I highlight the current cell in a DataGridView when SelectionMode=FullRowSelect

Question

I have an editable DataGridView with SelectionMode set to FullRowSelect (so the whole row is highlighted when the user clicks on any cell). However I would like the cell that currently has focus to be highlighted with a different back color (so the user can clearly see what cell they are about to edit). How can I do this (I do not want to change the SelectionMode)?

Answer 1

I figured out a better way of doing this, using the CellFormatting event:

Private Sub uxContacts_CellFormatting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) Handles uxContacts.CellFormatting
    If uxContacts.CurrentCell IsNot Nothing Then
        If e.RowIndex = uxContacts.CurrentCell.RowIndex And e.ColumnIndex = uxContacts.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex Then
            e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.SteelBlue
        Else
            e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = uxContacts.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Answer 2

For me CellFormatting does the Trick. I have a set of columns that one can Edit (that I made to appear in a different color) and this is the code I used:

Private Sub Util_CellFormatting(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellFormattingEventArgs) Handles dgvUtil.CellFormatting
    If dgvUtil.CurrentCell IsNot Nothing Then
        If e.RowIndex = dgvUtil.CurrentCell.RowIndex And e.ColumnIndex = dgvUtil.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex And (dgvUtil.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex = 10 Or dgvUtil.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex = 11 Or dgvUtil.CurrentCell.ColumnIndex = 13) Then
            e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.SteelBlue
        Else
            e.CellStyle.SelectionBackColor = dgvUtil.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor
        End If
    End If
End Sub