>>>>Does it mean that grid record pointer should not move until exact occurence found?
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>>>It moves as you type, e.g. you typed K and it positiones on the first record starting with K, you added O and it positiones on the record starting with KO, etc.
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>>Thank you. Could you tell me now what was wrong with my 'solution'?
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>Add trim() and it should be fine

>Seek trim(this.value) in mycursor  && 'mycursor' is grid recordsource
>thisform.mygrid.setfocus
>this.setfocus

>NB! This requires SET EXACT OFF.

No, it works with SET EXACT ON, SET NEAR ON, SET ORDER TO etc., and I like to use Seek() instead of Seek. :::)))