BarEditItem.ShowingEditor Event

Occurs before activating an editor.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public event ItemCancelEventHandler ShowingEditor

VB.NET

Public Event ShowingEditor As ItemCancelEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Cancel	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the editor within an item is read only.
Item	Gets the BarItem whose link was clicked. Inherited from ItemClickEventArgs.
Link	Gets the clicked BarItemLink. Inherited from ItemClickEventArgs.

Example

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