RepositoryItem.CreateEditor() Method

Creates an editor whose type corresponds to the repository item’s type.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual BaseEdit CreateEditor()

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function CreateEditor As BaseEdit

Returns

Type	Description
BaseEdit	A BaseEdit descendant representing the editor whose type corresponds to this repository item’s type.

Remarks

Container controls use this method to create editors when end-users start to edit cell values. The method only creates an appropriate editor type and container controls synchronize its settings with the repository item’s values.

You will have no need to use this method in your applications.

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#

winforms-grid-display-editors-in-columns-headers/CS/WindowsApplication1/InplaceEditorHelper/ColumnInplaceEditorHelper.cs#L121

{
    ActiveEditor = _Item.CreateEditor();
    ActiveEditor.Properties.LockEvents();

winforms-grid-enable-editing-in-group-row-to-change-cell-values/CS/WindowsApplication3/GroupEditProvider.cs#L140

if (editors.ContainsKey(editorType)) return editors[editorType];
BaseEdit groupEdit = column.RealColumnEdit.CreateEditor();
groupEdit.Parent = view.GridControl;

VB.NET

winforms-grid-display-editors-in-columns-headers/VB/InplaceEditorHelper/ColumnInplaceEditorHelper.vb#L114

Private Sub ShowEditor(ByVal bounds As Rectangle)
    ActiveEditor = _Item.CreateEditor()
    ActiveEditor.Properties.LockEvents()

winforms-grid-enable-editing-in-group-row-to-change-cell-values/VB/WindowsApplication3/GroupEditProvider.vb#L135

End If
Dim groupEdit As BaseEdit = column.RealColumnEdit.CreateEditor()
groupEdit.Parent = view.GridControl