TreeListBatchEditSettings.EnableMultipleCellSelection Property

Specifies whether to enable multiple cell selection.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxTreeList

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxTreeList.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
public bool EnableMultipleCellSelection { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
Public Property EnableMultipleCellSelection As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false	true to allow users to select multiple cells; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to EnableMultipleCellSelection
TreeListSettingsEditing	.BatchEditSettings .EnableMultipleCellSelection

Remarks

Set the EnableMultipleCellSelection property to true to allow users to select multiple cells in DevExpress.Web.ASPxTreeList.

In markup:

ASPX

<dx:ASPxTreeList ID="TreeList1" runat="server" ...>
      ...
    <SettingsEditing Mode="Batch">
        <BatchEditSettings EnableMultipleCellSelection="True" />
    </SettingsEditing>
</dx:ASPxTreeList>

In code:

C#

ASPxTreeList treeList1 = new ASPxTreeList();
// ...
treeList1.SettingsEditing.BatchEditSettings.EnableMultipleCellSelection = true;

End-User Capabilities

Select Cells

Users can select multiple cells with the mouse or keyboard:

• Click a cell and drag over the required cells while holding the left mouse button.
• Hold Shift and press the arrow keys to select a contiguous cell range. To add non-adjacent cells to the current selection, hold Ctrl and click the required cells.

Manage Cells

Copy and paste the selected cells to the same grid, or a sheet of an Excel file or Spreadsheet.

Select cells and press Ctrl+C. Select the cell range where you want to paste the copied cells and press Ctrl+V.

Paste a value to all selected cells.

Copy a value to the clipboard. Select the required cells and press Ctrl+V to paste the copied value to all selected cells.

Use the context menu to copy/paste cell values.

Right-click the selected cells to invoke the context menu.

Note

Note that this functionality uses the navigator.clipboard property which works only if a web site supports a secure origin (HTTPS).

Related API

CellSelectionChanging

Fires when you select or deselect a cell.

GetSelectedCells

Obtains selected cells.

SelectCell(nodeKey, columnIndex) and UnselectCell(nodeKey, columnIndex)

Select and deselect specific cells.