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HtmlContentControl.ShowEditor(String) Method

Activates an in-place editor bound to the specified field. This member is only in effect for in-place editors (Repository Items) added to the UI using the ‘input’ tag.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

public void ShowEditor(
    string fieldName
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
fieldName String

The field name to which the in-place editor is bound in HTML markup.

#Remarks

The value attribute of the ‘input’ tag’ allows you to bind an in-place editor to a field in the bound DataContext.

<input name="repositoryItemCalcEdit1" value="${Price}" class="editor"/>

The ShowEditor method allows you to activate an editor bound to a specific field.

htmlContentControl1.ShowEditor("Price");

See the following topic for information on how to access the active in-place editor, and the specifics of working with in-place editors: HtmlContentControl.ActiveEditor.

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