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.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Editor")>
Public Event ShowingEditor As HtmlContentEditorShowingEventHandler

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.

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