windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtragrid-dot-columns-dot-optionscolumn.md
Specifies if users can edit column values in grid cells (inplace edit mode).
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll
NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation
[DefaultValue(true)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public bool AllowEdit { get; set; }
<DefaultValue(True)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property AllowEdit As Boolean
| Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boolean | true |
true to allow users to edit cell values; otherwise, false.
|
You can access this nested property as listed below:
| Object Type | Path to AllowEdit |
|---|---|
| GridColumn |
.OptionsColumn .AllowEdit
|
The AllowEdit option is in effect if the View’s ColumnView.Editable property is set to true and the EditingMode property is set to Default or Inplace.
Users cannot edit values in merged cells (see the OptionsColumn.AllowMerge and GridOptionsView.AllowCellMerge properties). The AllowEdit property has no effect on merged cells.
colCity.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;
colCity.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the AllowEdit property.
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buttonColumn.VisibleIndex = 0;
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = true;
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowGroup = DefaultBoolean.False;
winforms-grid-image-slider-cell-editor/CS/WindowsFormsApplication202/ImageSliderHelper.cs#L29
view.Columns["Image"].ColumnEdit = repository;
view.Columns["Description"].OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;
view.RowHeight = slider.Size.Height;
winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/CS/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.cs#L123
column.OptionsColumn.ShowCaption = false;
column.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSize = false;
winforms-grid-tokenedit-in-unbound-column/CS/Form1.cs#L56
};
col.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = true;
gridView.Columns.Add(col);
winforms-grid-image-slider-cell-editor/VB/WindowsFormsApplication202/ImageSliderHelper.vb#L33
view.Columns("Image").ColumnEdit = repository
view.Columns("Description").OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False
view.RowHeight = slider.Size.Height
winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/VB/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.vb#L152
column.OptionsColumn.ShowCaption = False
column.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSize = False
winforms-grid-tokenedit-in-unbound-column/VB/Form1.vb#L53
Dim col As GridColumn = New GridColumn() With {.Name = "col", .Caption = "Unbound Col", .FieldName = "col", .Visible = True, .UnboundType = UnboundColumnType.Object}
col.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = True
gridView.Columns.Add(col)
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