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BaseEdit Class

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BaseEdit Class

Serves as the base for all editors that can be used for inplace (such as within the XtraGrid) editing.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

csharp
[DefaultBindingProperty("EditValue")]
public class BaseEdit :
    BaseControl,
    IProcessInplaceEditValueChanged
vb
<DefaultBindingProperty("EditValue")>
Public Class BaseEdit
    Inherits BaseControl
    Implements IProcessInplaceEditValueChanged

The following members return BaseEdit objects:

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LibraryRelated API Members
WinForms ControlsBarEditItemLink.ActiveEditor
BarManager.ActiveEditor
BaseView.ActiveEditor
ColumnView.ActiveEditor
EditValueChangedEventArgs.Editor
FilterControl.ActiveEditor
FilterEditorControl.ActiveEditor
HtmlContentControl.ActiveEditor
PivotCellEditEventArgs.Edit
PivotGridControl.ActiveEditor
RepositoryItem.CreateEditor()
RepositoryItem.OwnerEdit
RepositoryItemAnyControl.CreateEditor()
ShowValueEditorEventArgs.Editor
TreeList.ActiveEditor
ValueEditorEventArgs.Editor
VGridControlBase.ActiveEditor
XtraInputBoxArgs.Editor
XAF: Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web APIDXPropertyEditor.Control

Remarks

The BaseEdit class implements basic functionality for editors that can be used for inplace editing in container controls provided by DevExpress. In particular, this functionality includes the ability to create an editor using settings specified by the editor’s associated repository item. When using a standalone editor, you can access its settings (its associated repository item) via the BaseEdit.Properties property. To use an editor for inplace editing, you will only need to create an appropriate type of repository item. Repository items contain all the editor settings and provide a means for creating editors based on their settings.

Note that since the BaseEdit class derives from the Control class, it synchronizes most settings declared by the Control class with settings specified by its associated repository item.

To create your own custom editor that can be used for inplace editing within controls provided by DevExpress, you must inherit your class from the BaseEdit class (or any other BaseEdit descendant if you wish to use existing functionality). Refer to the Custom Editors topic for additional information.

Tooltips

DevExpress controls support regular and super tooltips. Enable the ShowToolTips option to display tooltips when the mouse pointer hovers over the control.

Customize Regular Tooltip Text

Use the following properties of the target control to specify regular tooltip text and title:

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API

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Description

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ToolTip

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Specifies tooltip text. You can use line breaks in regular tooltips.

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AllowHtmlTextInToolTip

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Specifies whether to parse HTML tags in text.

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ToolTipTitle

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Specifies the tooltip title. If you do not specify tooltip text, the tooltip is not displayed even if you specify the title.

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The following code snippet specifies tooltip text and title for a TextEdit editor:

csharp
public Form1() {
  InitializeComponent();
  textEdit1.ShowToolTips = true;
  textEdit1.ToolTipTitle = "Name";
  textEdit1.ToolTip = "Please enter your name";
}
vb
Public Sub New()
  InitializeComponent()
  textEdit1.ShowToolTips = True
  textEdit1.ToolTipTitle = "Name"
  textEdit1.ToolTip = "Please enter your name"
End Sub

Private Sub ToolTipController1_BeforeShow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ToolTipControllerShowEventArgs)
  Dim controller As ToolTipController = TryCast(sender, ToolTipController)
  If e.ToolTip = textEdit1.ToolTip Then
    e.ImageOptions.SvgImage = (TryCast(controller.ImageList, SvgImageCollection))("personalCard")
  End If
End Sub

Assign an Image to Regular Tooltips

Use the control’s ToolTipIconType property to assign a predefined icon. The ToolTipController.IconSize property specifies icon size.

Assign a custom image as follows:

  1. Create a ToolTipController and assign it to the control’s ToolTipController property.
  2. Create an image collection and assign it to the ToolTipController.ImageList property.
  3. Handle the ToolTipController.BeforeShow event. Use the e.ImageOptions parameter to assign a raster or vector image to the tooltip.

Note

The ToolTipIconType property has priority over e.ImageOptions. If you assign a custom image, set ToolTipIconType to None.

The following code snippet assigns a custom image to the TextEdit tooltip:

Note

textEdit1, toolTipController1, and svgImageCollection1 were created at runtime.

csharp
public Form1() {
  InitializeComponent();
  textEdit1.ShowToolTips = true;
  textEdit1.ToolTipTitle = "Name";
  textEdit1.ToolTip = "Please enter your name";
  textEdit1.ToolTipController = toolTipController1;
  toolTipController1.ImageList = svgImageCollection1;
  toolTipController1.BeforeShow += ToolTipController1_BeforeShow;
}

private void ToolTipController1_BeforeShow(object sender, ToolTipControllerShowEventArgs e) {
  ToolTipController controller = sender as ToolTipController;
  if (e.ToolTip == textEdit1.ToolTip)
    e.ImageOptions.SvgImage = (controller.ImageList as SvgImageCollection)["personalCard"];
}
vb
Public Sub New()
  InitializeComponent()
  textEdit1.ShowToolTips = True
  textEdit1.ToolTipTitle = "Name"
  textEdit1.ToolTip = "Please enter your name"
  textEdit1.ToolTipController = toolTipController1
  toolTipController1.ImageList = svgImageCollection1
  AddHandler toolTipController1.BeforeShow, AddressOf ToolTipController1_BeforeShow
End Sub

Private Sub ToolTipController1_BeforeShow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ToolTipControllerShowEventArgs)
  Dim controller As ToolTipController = TryCast(sender, ToolTipController)
  If e.ToolTip = textEdit1.ToolTip Then
    e.ImageOptions.SvgImage = (TryCast(controller.ImageList, SvgImageCollection))("personalCard")
  End If
End Sub

Display a Super Tooltip

Use the control’s SuperTip property to assign a super tooltip. If you wish to use HTML tags in a super tooltip, enable the SuperToolTip.AllowHtmlText property.

Setting the ToolTipController.ToolTipType property to SuperTip converts existing regular tooltips to super tooltips.

Tip

Read the following help topic for information on how to customize super tooltips: Hints and Tooltips.

Implements

IXtraResizableControl

Inheritance

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Object MarshalByRefObject Component Control DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraControl ControlBase BaseControl BaseEdit BaseCheckEdit

PictureEdit

ProgressBarBaseControl

RadioGroup

RatingControl

SparklineEdit

TextEdit

TokenEdit

TrackBarControl

ImageEdit

ZoomTrackBarControl

AppointmentLabelEdit

AppointmentResourceEdit

DurationEdit

MonthEdit

ResourcesComboBoxControl

ResourcesPopupCheckedListBoxControl

BlobBaseEdit

BreadCrumbEdit

ButtonEdit

CalcEdit

TimeEdit

TimeSpanEdit

ToggleSwitch

LookUpEdit

LookUpEditBase

MarqueeProgressBarControl

FontEdit

BaseSpinEdit

CheckedComboBoxEdit

CheckEdit

ColorEdit

ColorPickEdit

ColorPickEditBase

ComboBoxEdit

DateEdit

DateTimeOffsetEdit

GridLookUpEdit

GridLookUpEditBase

HyperLinkEdit

ImageComboBoxEdit

MemoEdit

MemoExEdit

MRUEdit

PopupBaseAutoSearchEdit

PopupBaseEdit

PopupContainerEdit

PopupGalleryEdit

ProgressBarControl

RangeTrackBarControl

SearchControl

SearchLookUpEdit

SpinEdit

TreeListLookUpEdit

AppointmentDependencyTypeEdit

AppointmentResourcesEdit

AppointmentStatusEdit

StorageBindedImageComboBoxEdit

TimeZoneEdit

WeekDaysEdit

WeekOfMonthEdit

SpreadsheetNameBoxControl

See Also

BaseEdit Members

DevExpress.XtraEditors Namespace