How to: Customize Operand Editor Properties in FilterControl

• Nov 13, 2018

The following code shows how to handle the FilterControl.BeforeShowValueEditor event for a FilterControl being used in the Grid Control. This event fires when an editor used to edit an operand value is invoked. In the example, the editor’s foreground color is modified.

To subscribe to the FilterControl.BeforeShowValueEditor event when using the FilterControl within the Grid Control, the ColumnView.FilterEditorCreated event is handled.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Filtering;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base;

private void gridView1_FilterEditorCreated(object sender, FilterControlEventArgs e) {
    e.FilterControl.BeforeShowValueEditor += 
        new ShowValueEditorEventHandler(FilterControl_BeforeShowValueEditor);
}

void FilterControl_BeforeShowValueEditor(object sender, ShowValueEditorEventArgs e) {
    // Set the foreground color to Red
    e.Editor.Properties.Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors.Filtering

Private Sub GridView1_FilterEditorCreated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As FilterControlEventArgs) _
Handles GridView1.FilterEditorCreated
    AddHandler e.FilterControl.BeforeShowValueEditor, AddressOf FilterControl_BeforeShowValueEditor
End Sub

Private Sub FilterControl_BeforeShowValueEditor(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ShowValueEditorEventArgs)
    ' Set the foreground color to Red
    e.Editor.Properties.Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red
End Sub