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.v22.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public void ShowEditor(
    string fieldName
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowEditor(
    fieldName As String
)

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.

HTML

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

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

C#

htmlContentControl1.ShowEditor("Price");

VB.NET

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.

Related API

Properties

• HtmlContentControl.ActiveEditor

Events

• HtmlContentControl.ShowingEditor
• HtmlContentControl.ShownEditor
• HtmlContentControl.ValidatingEditor
• HtmlContentControl.HiddenEditor
• HtmlContentControl.EditorValueChanged
• HtmlContentControl.EditorValueChanging
• HtmlContentControl.CustomEditor
• HtmlContentControl.CustomEditorForEditing

Methods

• HtmlContentControl.ShowEditor
• HtmlContentControl.CloseEditor
• HtmlContentControl.HideEditor
• HtmlContentControl.PostEditor
• HtmlContentControl.SetFieldValue
• HtmlContentControl.GetFieldValue