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HtmlContentControl.ShowingEditor Event

Fires when an in-place editor is about to be activated (created). The ShowingEditor event 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

[DXCategory("Editor")]
public event HtmlContentEditorShowingEventHandler ShowingEditor

#Event Data

The ShowingEditor event's data class is DevExpress.XtraEditors.HtmlContentEditorShowingEventArgs.

#Remarks

Set the event’s Cancel property to true to prevent the in-place editor from being activated.

Handle the HtmlContentControl.ShownEditor event to perform actions after an in-place editor is activated. The HtmlContentControl.ShowEditor method allows you to activate a specific in-place editor.

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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