How to: Prevent an In-Place Editor from Being Activated

• Nov 13, 2018

The following code demonstrates the use of the ShowingEditor event handler which prevents an editor from being activated:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraBars;

private void eItem1_ShowingEditor(object sender, ItemCancelEventArgs e) {
    e.Cancel = true;
}

VB.NET

Private Sub eItem1_ShowingEditor(ByVal sender As Object, _
  ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.ItemCancelEventArgs) Handles eItem1.ShowingEditor
    e.Cancel = True
End Sub