How to: Create a ButtonEdit with a Custom Button

• Jun 07, 2019

The following example shows how to create a ButtonEdit with the Clear button that clears the editor's value.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-buttonedit-with-a-custom-button-e1981.

Window1.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;

namespace ButtonEdit_Creating {
    public partial class Window1 : Window {
        public Window1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void ButtonInfo_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            buttonEdit.EditValue = string.Empty;
        }
    }
}

Window1.xaml

<Window xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        x:Class="ButtonEdit_Creating.Window1"
        Title="Creating a Button Editor"
        Height="300" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="100" />
            <ColumnDefinition />
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition />
            <RowDefinition Height="22" />
            <RowDefinition />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <dxe:ButtonEdit x:Name="buttonEdit" Width="100" AllowDefaultButton="False"
                        Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1">
            <dxe:ButtonEdit.Buttons>
                <dxe:ButtonInfo Content="Clear" Click="ButtonInfo_Click" />
            </dxe:ButtonEdit.Buttons>
        </dxe:ButtonEdit>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Window1.xaml.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Windows

Namespace ButtonEdit_Creating
    Partial Public Class Window1
        Inherits Window
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
        Private Sub ButtonInfo_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            buttonEdit.EditValue = String.Empty
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace