ComboBoxEdit.EditValue Property

Allows you to select an item with the specific value, or to read the currently selected item’s value. You can also use the ComboBoxEdit.SelectedItem property to do the same. Additionally, EditValue allows you to specify a custom editor value.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Data")]
public override object EditValue { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Data")>
Public Overrides Property EditValue As Object

Property Value

Type	Description
Object	The edit value.

Remarks

The code sample below illustrates how to select a “Default” item in an in-place ComboBox editor when a user activates a cell.

C#

private void gridView1_ShownEditor(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridView currentView = sender as GridView;
    ComboBoxEdit cmbPO = currentView.ActiveEditor as ComboBoxEdit;
    cmbPO.EditValue = "Default";
}

VB.NET

Private Sub gridView1_ShownEditor(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim currentView As GridView = TryCast(sender, GridView)
    Dim cmbPO As ComboBoxEdit = TryCast(currentView.ActiveEditor, ComboBoxEdit)
    cmbPO.EditValue = "Default"
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the EditValue property.

Note

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C#

reporting-winforms-label-report-in-code/CS/Reporting_how-to-create-a-label-report-at-runtime-t473792/Form1.cs#L29

Convert.ToSingle(HorizontalPitchSpinEdit.EditValue),
(DXGraphicsUnit)UnitComboBox.EditValue,
Convert.ToSingle(BottomMarginSpinEdit.EditValue),

winforms-richedit-export-export-only-body-tag-content-and-specify-location-of-css-styles/CS/ExportOnlyBodyContent/Form1.cs#L93

private void edtExportHtmlType_SelectedValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    this.htmlExportType = (ExportRootTag)edtExportHtmlType.EditValue;

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-outlook/CS/SyncWithOutlook/Form1.cs#L43

private void btnSchedulerOutlook_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    if(comboBoxEdit1.EditValue != null)
    {

how-to-keep-a-look-and-feel-of-windows-forms-in-sync-e2243/CS/ThreadedSkinning/Form1.cs#L18

comboBoxEdit1.EditValue = DevExpress.LookAndFeel.UserLookAndFeel.Default.SkinName;
foreach(DevExpress.Skins.SkinContainer cnt in DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.Default.Skins) {

winforms-combobox-with-close-and-clear-buttons-in-dropdown/CS/WindowsApplication3/CustomPopupForm.cs#L116

    ClosePopup(PopupCloseMode.Normal);
    OwnerEdit.EditValue = null;
}

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-label-report-in-code/VB/Reporting_how-to-create-a-label-report-at-runtime-t473792/Form1.vb#L26

Dim builder As New CustomLabelReportBuilder()
Dim labelReport As XtraReport = builder.GenerateLabelReport(Convert.ToSingle(LabelWidthSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(LabelHeightSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(VerticalPitchSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(HorizontalPitchSpinEdit.EditValue), DirectCast(UnitComboBox.EditValue, DevExpress.Drawing.DXGraphicsUnit), Convert.ToSingle(BottomMarginSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(TopMarginSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(LeftMarginSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToSingle(RightMarginSpinEdit.EditValue), Convert.ToInt32(lookUpPaperType.EditValue))
Return labelReport

winforms-richedit-export-export-only-body-tag-content-and-specify-location-of-css-styles/VB/ExportOnlyBodyContent/Form1.vb#L98

Private Sub edtExportHtmlType_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    htmlExportType = CType(edtExportHtmlType.EditValue, ExportRootTag)
End Sub

winforms-scheduler-sync-with-outlook/VB/SyncWithOutlook/Form1.vb#L45

        Private Sub btnSchedulerOutlook_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnSchedulerOutlook.Click
            If comboBoxEdit1.EditValue IsNot Nothing Then
'                #Region "#scheduler->outlook"

how-to-keep-a-look-and-feel-of-windows-forms-in-sync-e2243/VB/ThreadedSkinning/Form1.vb#L15

InitializeComponent()
comboBoxEdit1.EditValue = UserLookAndFeel.Default.SkinName
For Each cnt As DevExpress.Skins.SkinContainer In DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.Default.Skins

winforms-combobox-with-close-and-clear-buttons-in-dropdown/VB/WindowsApplication3/CustomPopupForm.vb#L103

    ClosePopup(PopupCloseMode.Normal)
    OwnerEdit.EditValue = Nothing
End If