Well, nobody had suggested this but I checked and this is not the problem. My column's current control is indeed my check box.

Thanks for the input ... never hurts to check the little things.

Rodd

>Pardon me if someone already suggested this.
>

>YourGrid.ColumnInQuestion.CurrentControl = 'nameOfYourCheckBox'
>

>Is your currentControl setting correct for the columns that have this checkbox added?
>
>
>>I checked all that once, and yes, that is the case. However, I'll go ahead and check again because I've got nothing better to do <g> (and I don't trust myself enough to say that I didn't overlook something).
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>>Our grid is non-editable, which doesn't keep me from tabbing into any other cells but would that keep us from tabbing into cells with check boxes?
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>>Thanks for your input!
>>
>>Rodd
>>
>>>have you deleted the textbox which was in the cell?
>>>
>>>I found when adding checkboxes that I had to add them first then select the textbox they shared the cell with in the properties dialog, and delete it.
>>>
>>>also (as I guess you have done) ensure that it's tab index is set and that it is tab enabled.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>We have quite a few grids in our system where we've used checkboxes in the grid to display logical fields. However, we find that when using the tab key to move through the columns of the selected row, the checkbox cells never "get focus" ... they never become the selected cell.
>>>>
>>>>The problem with this is that in certain instances, if the checkboxes land just right, our users are unable to tab over to cells that aren't fitting on the screen.
>>>>
>>>>I tried setting the tabindex value of the checkbox to 1 but that did not seem to help. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>Rodd