Tip: How to Highlight Rows in a DataGrid Using a CheckBox

 private void dgvItemsDetails_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
         {         
                 if (dgvItemsDetails.Columns[selected.Name].Index == e.ColumnIndex)
                 {
                     dgvItemsDetails.MultiSelect = true;
                     if (Convert.ToBoolean(dgvItemsDetails[selected.Name, e.RowIndex].FormattedValue) == true)
                     {
                         dgvItemsDetails[selected.Name, e.RowIndex].Value = false;

                     }
                     else
                     {
                         dgvItemsDetails[selected.Name, e.RowIndex].Value = true;                     
                     }
                 }
                 int i = 0;
                 foreach (DataGridViewRow dgvrow in dgvItemsDetails.Rows)
                 {
                     
                     if (Convert.ToBoolean(dgvrow.Cells[0].Value.ToString()) == true)
                     {
                         SetDataGridViewRowAsHighlighted(dgvItemsDetails, i, true);
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         SetDataGridViewRowAsHighlighted(dgvItemsDetails, i, false);
                     }
                     i++;
                 }
            
               
        }

        private void SetDataGridViewRowAsHighlighted(DataGridView dgvItemsDetails,int intRowIndex, bool boolIsChecked)
        {
            if (boolIsChecked == true)
            {
                
                dgvItemsDetails.Rows[intRowIndex].Selected = true;
                dgvItemsDetails.Rows[intRowIndex].DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.LightSlateGray;
            }
            else
            {
                dgvItemsDetails.Rows[intRowIndex].Selected = false;
                dgvItemsDetails.Rows[intRowIndex].DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.White;
            }
        }


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