Multi Cell Edit Behavior

Nov 26, 2025

Use a MultiCellEditBehavior object to allow a user to edit multiple selected cells simultaneously.

Run Demo: Cell Selection

Supported Controls

GridControl views:
TreeList

Activate Multi-Cell Editing

Activate the control’s OptionsSelection.MultiSelect property.
Drop the BehaviorManager component onto the form.
Select Edit Behaviors in the BehaviorManager’s smart tag menu and add a Multi Cell Edit Behavior in the Behavior Editor.

Code Example

The following code snippet activates multi-cell editing in a GridView:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
public class Form1 : XtraForm {
    BehaviorManager bm;

    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
        // Activate multi-cell selection
        gridView1.OptionsSelection.MultiSelect = true;
        // Attach a Multi Cell Edit Behavior
        bm = new BehaviorManager(this.components);
        bm.Attach<MultiCellEditBehavior>(gridView1);
    }
}

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

Public Class Form1
    Inherits XtraForm
    Private bm As BehaviorManager

    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()
        ' Activate multi-cell selection
        gridView1.OptionsSelection.MultiSelect = True
        ' Attach a Multi Cell Edit Behavior
        bm = New BehaviorManager(Me.components)
        bm.Attach(Of MultiCellEditBehavior)(gridView1)
    End Sub
End Class

Notes

New values are only applied to cells with compatible value types.
If the control’s OptionsSelection.MultiSelectMode is set to RowSelect, new values are only applied to the focused column.