Hallo Geoff Worboys,

> F2 is the only keyboard way to move the cursor into a
> particular position before you start typing (to insert or
> delete text etc). ie. Just like in a spreadsheet.
>
> One inconsistency with spreadsheets is that just typing
> into the cell adds on to the existing text rather than
> replacing what is already there.

just fighting with this I could prevent this behavior by commenting out
this 2 lines of code in IB_Grid.pas:

// if AlwaysShowEditor and HasFocus then
// ShowEditor;

Now typing with ib_datasource.AutoEdit:=true will replace content with
keyboard character (even with ib_grid.AlwaysShowEditor:=False). F2 is
working as before.

HTH.

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Andreas