Thanks, this solved the problem in a way that did not include any methodwriting in subobjects of the grid. Works great.
Magnus

>Magnus,
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>This code converts clicks in a transparent shape positioned of the cells part of the grid.
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LPARAMETERS nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
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>* converts a mouse click in the shape to activate the underlying grid cell
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>local lnRow, lnCol, lnWidth
>lnX = objtoclient( this, 2 ) + thisform.Left - 2
>lnY = objtoclient( this, 1 ) + thisform.Top - 2
>lnRow = int( 1 + ( nYcoord - this.Top ) / thisform.grdTheGrid.RowHeight )
>
>lnWidth = 0
>nXCoord = nXCoord - this.Left
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>for lnCol = thisform.grdTheGrid.LeftColumn to thisform.grdTheGrid.ColumnCount
>   lnWidth = lnWidth + thisform.grdTheGrid.Columns[lnCol].Width + thisform.grdTheGrid.GridLineWidth
>   if ( lnWidth > nXCoord )
>      exit
>   endif
>endfor
>
>lnCol = lnCol - thisform.grdTheGrid.LeftColumn + 1
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>thisform.grdTheGrid.ActivateCell( lnRow, lnCol )
>