TableView.RowEditStarting Event

Occurs when a user starts to edit a row.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Grid.Core

Declaration

C#

public event EventHandler<RowEditStartingEventArgs> RowEditStarting

VB.NET

Public Event RowEditStarting As EventHandler(Of RowEditStartingEventArgs)

Event Data

The RowEditStarting event's data class is RowEditStartingEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Cancel	Gets or sets whether to cancel the start of the edit operation.
CellEditors	Gets an array of the CellEditorData objects that allow you to specify settings in the Edit Form.
Handled	Gets or sets a value that indicates the present state of the event handling for a routed event as it travels the route. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
OriginalSource	Gets the original reporting source as determined by pure hit testing, before any possible Source adjustment by a parent class. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
RoutedEvent	Gets or sets the RoutedEvent associated with this RoutedEventArgs instance. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
Row	Gets the processed row. Inherited from RowEventArgs.
RowHandle	Gets the processed row’s handle. Inherited from RowEventArgs.
Source	Gets or sets a reference to the object that raised the event. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
InvokeEventHandler(Delegate, Object)	When overridden in a derived class, provides a way to invoke event handlers in a type-specific way, which can increase efficiency over the base implementation. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
OnSetSource(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, provides a notification callback entry point whenever the value of the Source property of an instance changes. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.

Remarks

Handle this event to get information about the row that the user starts to edit. If you want to maintain a clean MVVM pattern and process the start of the edit operation in a View Model, create a command and bind it to the RowEditStartingCommand property.

Set the Cancel property to true to suppress the row edit operation. The moment when RowEditStarting occurs depends on the GridControl‘s edit mode.

Edit Form

If you process data edit operations in the Edit Form, the event occurs when a user opens the form.

The RowEditStartingEventArgs class contains the CellEditors property that returns an array of CellEditorData objects. Each object allows you to specify editor’s settings. When users start to edit a row, you may want to initialize values or make certain editors read-only. To do that, specify the corresponding CellEditorData.Value property or set the CellEditorData.ReadOnly property to true.

The following code sample specifies settings for the row that contains information about employees. For example, you can initialize the ID editor (CellEditors[0] in code) and disable the Department editor (CellEditors[4]) for new rows.

C#

private void OnRowEditStarting(object sender, RowEditStartingEventArgs e) {
    if(Equals(e.RowHandle, DataControlBase.NewItemRowHandle)) {
        e.CellEditors[0].Value = grid.VisibleRowCount + 1;
        e.CellEditors[4].ReadOnly = true;

    } else {
        e.CellEditors[0].ReadOnly = true;
        e.CellEditors[4].ReadOnly = false;
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub OnRowEditStarting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RowEditStartingEventArgs)
    If Equals(e.RowHandle, DataControlBase.NewItemRowHandle) Then
        e.CellEditors(0).Value = Me.grid.VisibleRowCount + 1
        e.CellEditors(4).ReadOnly = True
    Else
        e.CellEditors(0).ReadOnly = True
        e.CellEditors(4).ReadOnly = False
    End If
End Sub

View Example: Data Grid for WPF - How to Specify Edit Form Settings

In-place Editors and Edit Entire Row

The RowEditStarting event occurs when a user opens an editor in a row for the first time. The View does not activate all editors, and you cannot use the CellEditors property to specify their settings.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-data-grid-edit-form-related-cells/CS/SynchronizeEditValuesInEditForm_CodeBehind/MainWindow.xaml#L19

<dxg:GridControl.View>
    <dxg:TableView EditFormShowMode="Inline" RowEditStarting="OnRowEditStarting" CellValueChanging="OnEditFormCellValueChanging"/>
</dxg:GridControl.View>

wpf-data-grid-specify-edit-form-settings/CS/DefineEditFormSettings_CodeBehind/MainWindow.xaml#L13

<dxg:GridControl.View>
    <dxg:TableView x:Name="view" EditFormShowMode="InlineHideRow" NewItemRowPosition="Top" RowEditStarting="OnRowEditStarting"/>
</dxg:GridControl.View>