>I have a datagrid in a WPF form. The datagrid is bound to a collection of employees.
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>When the form loads, I know that I want to set the current row of that datagrid to a certain employee's record based on that employee's ID.
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>I find the employee record by doing:
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> var e = DBContext.Employee.Where(x=>x.EmployeeID == empID).First();
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>How do I set the datagrid's current row to this employee's record and set focus on the datagrid?

Assuming that the DataGrid is bound to DBContext.Employee then all that should be neccessary is:
theDataGrid.SelectedItem = e;