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title: Focus and Navigation
order: 49500
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# Focus and Navigation


## Cell and Row Navigation Modes

The DataGrid's default behavior allows users to navigate between cells using the keyboard, or focus them using the mouse.
Use the `DataGridControl.NavigationMode` property to switch between Cell Navigation and Row Navigation modes.

**Cell Navigation** (default)

Users can focus any cell using the keyboard or mouse.

![grid-navigationmode-cell](/docs/images/grid-navigationmode-cell.png)

**Row Navigation**

Users cannot focus individual cells, and cell edit operations are disabled. Clicking a cell highlights the entire row.

``` xml
<mxdg:DataGridControl x:Name="dataGrid" NavigationMode="Row">
```

![grid-navigationmode-row](/docs/images/grid-navigationmode-row.png)



## Focused Column

Use the `DataGridControl.FocusedColumn` property to obtain the focused column. To move focus to a specific column, assign a corresponding `GridColumn` object to the `FocusedColumn` property.

!!! note

    You can only focus a column in [Cell Navigation mode](#cell-and-row-navigation-modes).

## Focused Row

Use the `DataGridControl.FocusedRowIndex` property to retrieve the focused row's [index](rows.md#identify-and-get-rows). The `DataGridControl.FocusedItem` property allows you to retrieve the focused row's underlying data object.

To move focus to a specific row, you can assign this row's index to the `DataGridControl.FocusedRowIndex` property.

## Focused Cell

The focused cell is determined by the intersection of the focused row and focused column. To move focus to a specific cell, focus the target [row](#focused-row) and [column](#focused-column).

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