RepositoryItemPopupBase.AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly Property

Gets or sets whether an editor’s dropdown can be displayed when the editor is in the read-only state.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

csharp

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public virtual DefaultBoolean AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly { get; set; }

<DXCategory("Behavior")>
<DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)>
Public Overridable Property AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly As DefaultBoolean

Type	Default	Description
DefaultBoolean	Default

A DefaultBoolean value that specifies if an editor’s dropdown can be displayed in the read-only state.

Available values:

Name	Description	Return Value
True

The value is true.

0

| | False |

The value is false.

1

| | Default |

The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.

2

AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly value

Description

| | --- | --- | |

True

An editor’s dropdown can be opened, but an end-user is not able to modify the data via the dropdown.

| |

False

An editor’s dropdown cannot be opened.

| |

Default

The behavior is different for different editors:

For the DateEdit and BlobBaseEdit descendants, the Default value is equivalent to True.
For other editors, the Default value is equivalent to False.