ColumnBase.AllowEditing Property

Gets or sets whether end-users can edit column values. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public DefaultBoolean AllowEditing { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property AllowEditing As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Description
DefaultBoolean	A DefaultBoolean enumeration value that specifies whether an end-user can edit cell values.

Available values:

Name	Description
True	Corresponds to a Boolean value of true.
False	Corresponds to a Boolean value of false.
Default	The value is determined by the current object’s parent object setting (e.g., a control setting).

Remarks

End-users are allowed to edit data if the view’s DataViewBase.AllowEditing property is set to true and the DataViewBase.NavigationStyle property is set to GridViewNavigationStyle.Cell. Individual columns provide the AllowEditing property, allowing the default behavior specified by the view to be overridden. Setting this property to ‘True’ or ‘False’ overrides the default behavior. This can be useful when it is required to prevent an end-user from changing values of individual columns.

If the AllowEditing property is set to ‘Default’, the ability to edit data is controlled by the view’s DataViewBase.AllowEditing property.

Tip

Set the ColumnBase.ReadOnly to true to prevent end-users from editing column values, but allow end-users to select and copy cell text.

To learn more, see Data Editing and Validation.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-create-appointments-by-dragging-and-dropping-data-from-the-grid-control-t545841/CS/DragDropFromGridExample/MainWindow.xaml#L66

Width="3*"
AllowEditing="false"
FieldName="Name" />

how-to-use-static-commands-in-the-treeview-mode-of-the-grid-control-e4961/CS/GridCommands/MainWindow.xaml#L15

<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Value"/>
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="IsProcessed" AllowEditing="False">
    <dxg:GridColumn.EditSettings>

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-api-part-3-t289419/CS/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_API_Part03/MainWindow.xaml#L52

<dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
    <dxg:TreeListColumn Header="Examples" FieldName="RegionName" AllowEditing="False" AllowBestFit="True" AllowDrop="False" AllowSearchPanel="False" />
</dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>

wpf-spreadsheet-pivot-table-api-t314425/CS/SpreadsheetWPFPivotTableExamples/MainWindow.xaml#L48

<dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>
    <dxg:TreeListColumn Header="Examples" FieldName="RegionName" AllowEditing="False" AllowBestFit="True" AllowDrop="False" AllowSearchPanel="False" />
</dxg:TreeListControl.Columns>

wpf-schedulercontrol-api-t442105/CS/SchedulerControl_WPF_API/MainWindow.xaml#L53

    </dxg:TreeListControl.View>
    <dxg:TreeListColumn Header="Examples" FieldName="RegionName" AllowEditing="False" AllowBestFit="True" AllowSearchPanel="False" />
</dxg:TreeListControl>