windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtraeditors-dot-htmlcontentcontrol-73cb18a6.md
Fires when a user edits the active in-place editor’s value and attempts to move focus away from (close) the editor. The ValidatingEditor event is only in effect for in-place editors (Repository Items) added to the UI using the ‘input’ tag.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation
[DXCategory("Editor")]
public event BaseContainerValidateEditorEventHandler ValidatingEditor
<DXCategory("Editor")>
Public Event ValidatingEditor As BaseContainerValidateEditorEventHandler
The ValidatingEditor event's data class is BaseContainerValidateEditorEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ErrorText | Gets or sets the error description. |
| Valid | Gets or sets whether the value is valid. |
| Value | Gets or sets the value being validated. |
See the following topic for information on how to access the active in-place editor, and the specifics of working with in-place editors: HtmlContentControl.ActiveEditor.
The ValidatingEditor event is equivalent to the RepositoryItem.Validating event.
HtmlContentControl.ValidatingEditorSee Also