windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtragrid-dot-views-dot-grid-dot-gridview-f87fcf7d.md
Invokes the focused cell’s editor.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll
NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation
public override void ShowEditor()
Public Overrides Sub ShowEditor
The method is called automatically when users invoke a cell editor. You can also call this method manually. If you want to activate a particular cell’s editor, you need to focus the cell first. Use the ColumnView.FocusedRowHandle and ColumnView.FocusedColumn properties for this purpose.
Note : a cell editor cannot be activated (the user cannot edit the focused cell’s value) in the following cases:
Refer to the Modify and Validate Cell Values topic for additional information.
Note
Detail pattern Views do not contain data and they are never displayed within XtraGrid. So, the ShowEditor member must not be invoked for these Views. The ShowEditor member can only be used with Views that display real data within the Grid Control. Use the following methods to access these Views with which an end user interacts at runtime.
The code sample below illustrates how to activate a cell editor for the “Product Price” column when when they press F12.
gridView1.KeyDown += GridView1_KeyDown;
private void GridView1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
if(e.KeyCode == Keys.F12)
{
GridView view = sender as GridView;
view.FocusedColumn = view.Columns["productPrice"];
view.ShowEditor();
e.Handled = true;
}
}
Private gridView1.KeyDown += AddressOf GridView1_KeyDown
Private Sub GridView1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyEventArgs)
If e.KeyCode = Keys.F12 Then
Dim view As GridView = TryCast(sender, GridView)
view.FocusedColumn = view.Columns("productPrice")
view.ShowEditor()
e.Handled = True
End If
End Sub
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the ShowEditor() method.
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winforms-grid-toggle-checkbox-state-with-one-click/CS/Form1.cs#L65
view.FocusedRowHandle = hi.RowHandle;
view.ShowEditor();
CheckEdit edit = view.ActiveEditor as CheckEdit;
winforms-grid-auto-expand-new-master-row/CS/Q205071/Form1.cs#L62
gridControl1.FocusedView = childView;
childView.ShowEditor();
}
winforms-grid-show-context-menu-for-rows/CS/FormGridMenu.cs#L28
GridHitInfo info = GetHitInfo(e.Link);
info?.View.ShowEditor();
}
winforms-grid-change-checkbox-state-single-click-in-multi-select-mode/CS/Form1.cs#L46
gridView1.FocusedRowHandle = hitInfo.RowHandle;
gridView1.ShowEditor();
CheckEdit edit = gridView1.ActiveEditor as CheckEdit;
winforms-grid-single-button-click-multiple-selection/CS/WindowsApplication168/Form1.cs#L43
view.FocusedColumn = hi.Column;
view.ShowEditor();
//force button click
winforms-grid-toggle-checkbox-state-with-one-click/VB/Form1.vb#L58
view.FocusedRowHandle = hi.RowHandle
view.ShowEditor()
Dim edit As CheckEdit = TryCast(view.ActiveEditor, CheckEdit)
winforms-grid-auto-expand-new-master-row/VB/Q205071/Form1.vb#L64
gridControl1.FocusedView = childView
childView.ShowEditor()
End Sub
winforms-grid-show-context-menu-for-rows/VB/FormGridMenu.vb#L29
Dim info = GetHitInfo(e.Link)
info?.View.ShowEditor()
End Sub
winforms-grid-change-checkbox-state-single-click-in-multi-select-mode/VB/Form1.vb#L40
gridView1.FocusedRowHandle = hitInfo.RowHandle
gridView1.ShowEditor()
Dim edit As CheckEdit = TryCast(gridView1.ActiveEditor, CheckEdit)
winforms-grid-single-button-click-multiple-selection/VB/WindowsApplication168/Form1.vb#L36
view.FocusedColumn = hi.Column
view.ShowEditor()
'force button click
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