>Naomi,
>
>Thank you so much for your message. I think with you sample code you wanted to show me how to manipulate the BackColor and ForeColor
>of the textbox. But this does not select the entry. What
>I am trying to do is to have the entry in the textbox selected on a mouse click so that as soon as the user starts making an entry, the
>entire value changes. By setting the backcolor to look like the
>entry is selected does not do the job. Unless I misunderstood your message.

Looks like Tore's idea will work for you. I don't right now remember the purpose of my additions to the grid classes. Perhaps it's to show grid textbox in the same color as the rest of the columns.