>What if the column is not bound to anything? That is, what if the column itself has no controlsource and Bound=.F. for the column? Initially, I was using this approach and trying to use a command button in a column (with no other controls in the column). I wanted the command button to be visible only for the active row no matter what cell you were in within that row, but I found that with sparse=.t., the button was only visible when its cell got focus, otherwise, the *entire* column was empty. Using Sparse=.f. filled the entire column with pushbuttons. So neither Sparse=.t. nor Sparse=.f. resulted in what I was trying to achieve.

for this you should use the DynamicCurrentControl property

Arnon