Assign an Editor to a Cell

• Aug 22, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The GridControl provides the following approaches to assign editors to column cells:

Approach	Affects Sorting / Filtering / Grouping	Supports Printing / Exporting	Supports Standard WPF Controls	Provides a Template Selector	Works in Edit Mode
EditSettings
CellTemplate
CellDisplayTemplate
CellEditTemplate

If you specify the CellDisplayTemplate, CellEditTemplate, and CellTemplate for a single column, only the CellDisplayTemplate and CellEditTemplate is applied. If you specify the CellTemplate and EditSettings for a single column, only the CellTemplate is applied.

Performance depends on the current cell editor. The difference is not noticeable when you use lightweight controls (for example, TextBlock). When you use heavier controls, the EditSettings property allows you to gain maximum performance.

EditSettings

The EditSettings property allows you to assign the BaseEditSettings descendants that correspond to DevExpress Data Editors. The Assign Editors to Columns topic lists all helper classes responsible for the editor’s functionality.

Xaml

xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
...
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="ColumnFieldName">
    <dxg:GridColumn.EditSettings>
        <dxe:ButtonEditSettings/>
    </dxg:GridColumn.EditSettings>
</dxg:GridColumn>

• Affects Sorting / Filtering / Grouping:
• Supports Printing / Exporting:
• Supports Standard WPF Controls:
• Provides a Template Selector:
• Works in Edit Mode:

CellTemplate

The CellTemplate property allows you to specify DevExpress WPF Controls and Standard WPF Controls.

Xaml

xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
...
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="ColumnFieldName">
    <dxg:GridColumn.CellTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <dxe:ButtonEdit Name="PART_Editor"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </dxg:GridColumn.CellTemplate>
</dxg:GridColumn> 

• Affects Sorting / Filtering / Grouping:
• Supports Printing / Exporting:
• Supports Standard WPF Controls:
• Provides a Template Selector: (the CellTemplateSelector property)
• Works in Edit Mode:

CellDisplayTemplate and CellEditTemplate

The CellDisplayTemplate and CellEditTemplate allow you to specify separate controls to display and edit data.

CellDisplayTemplate

Xaml

xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
...
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="ColumnFieldName">
    <dxg:GridColumn.CellDisplayTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <dxe:ButtonEdit x:Name="PART_Editor"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </dxg:GridColumn.CellDisplayTemplate>
</dxg:GridColumn> 

• Affects Sorting / Filtering / Grouping:
• Supports Printing / Exporting:
• Supports Standard WPF Controls:
• Provides a Template Selector: (the CellDisplayTemplateSelector property)
• Works in Edit Mode:

CellEditTemplate

Xaml

xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
...
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="ColumnFieldName">
   <dxg:GridColumn.CellEditTemplate>
       <DataTemplate>
           <dxe:ButtonEdit x:Name="PART_Editor"/>
      </DataTemplate>
   </dxg:GridColumn.CellEditTemplate>
</dxg:GridColumn> 

• Affects Sorting / Filtering / Grouping:
• Supports Printing / Exporting:
• Supports Standard WPF Controls:
• Provides a Template Selector: (the CellEditTemplateSelector property)
• Works in Edit Mode: