I would look into the Sparse property of the column and the SelectedBackColor of the textbox inside the column

HTH
Jaime

>Hi!
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>When I set up a standard GHL grid using default colours, I notice that when focus is set on a column with a "read-only" textbox, the initially selected cell background colour (blue) totally obscures the forground text (bold, white) until you tab or mouse out of the column.
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>Any ideas how to remedy this?
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>Many thanks!