RepositoryItemLookUpEdit Properties

Contains settings specific to a lookup editor.

Name	Description
AcceptEditorTextAsNewValue	Gets or sets whether a custom value (a value that is not present in the lookup data source) that is entered in the edit box is accepted by the editor (when the value is validated and editor loses focus). This property supports ComboBox mode for the lookup editor.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the repository item for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the object’s description used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the object’s name used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the object’s accessible role. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ActionButtonIndex	Gets or sets a value specifying which editor button will open the editor’s dropdown window. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
AdvancedModeOptions	Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
AllowButtonNavigation	Gets or sets whether to allow users to focus ButtonEdit buttons with the keyboard. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
AllowContextImageChangeAnimation	Gets or sets whether the context image is changed using animation. This property is not in effect for in-place editors. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly	Gets or sets whether an editor’s dropdown can be displayed when the editor is in the read-only state. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
AllowFocused	Gets or sets a value specifying whether the focus rectangle is displayed within the editor when it has focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AllowFocusedAppearance	Gets a value which indicates whether the appearance settings used to paint the editor when it’s focused can be used. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AllowGlyphSkinning	Gets or sets whether this TextEdit can colorize its icons. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
AllowHtmlDraw	Gets or sets whether HTML tags can be used to format an editor’s text or text of the editor’s items. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AllowInplaceAutoFilter	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AllowInplaceBorderPainter	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AllowMouseWheel	Gets or sets whether value scrolling via the Mouse Wheel is supported by the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
AllowNullInput	Gets or sets whether end users can reset the editor’s value to null with the keyboard. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
AllowUpdatePopupWidth	Gets whether it is allowed to update popup width.
Appearance	Gets appearance settings used to paint the editor when it is enabled. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AppearanceDisabled	Gets appearance settings used to paint the editor when it is disabled. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AppearanceDropDown	Gets appearance settings used to paint the editor’s popup window. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
AppearanceDropDownHeader	Gets the header panel’s appearance settings.
AppearanceFocused	Gets appearance settings used to paint the current editor when it is focused. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AppearanceReadOnly	Gets appearance settings used to paint the read-only editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AutoHeight	Gets or sets a value specifying whether the editor’s height is calculated automatically to fit the editor’s content. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
AutoSearchColumnIndex	Gets or sets the visible column index against which an incremental search is performed in SearchMode.AutoComplete and SearchMode.OnlyInPopup modes.
BeepOnError	Gets or sets whether the masked editor should play a system error sound when a user enters an invalid character (for example, a literal in an editor with a Numeric mask). This property replaces the BeepOnError property in v20.2 and newer. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
BestFitMode	Gets or sets the “best-fit” mode for columns in the dropdown window. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
BestFitRowCount	Specifies the maximum number or rows that are processed when invoking the “best-fit” functionality.
BestFitWidth	Gets or sets the editor’s best fit width. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
BorderStyle	Gets or sets the editor’s border style. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Buttons	Returns the collection of buttons in the current button editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
ButtonsBorderStyle	Obsolete. This member is not supported. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
ButtonsStyle	Gets or sets the style used to draw editor buttons. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
CascadingMember	Gets or sets the name(s) of the foreign key field(s) by which the popup data source of the lookup editor is filtered. The field must be editable and accept new values (read-only fields are not supported). Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
CaseSensitiveSearch	Gets or sets whether the end-user needs to type text matching the case when performing an incremental search.
CharacterCasing	Gets or sets the character casing applied to the editor’s content. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
CheckBoxSelectorMember	Gets or sets the name of the data source field that specifies whether the item is selected.
CloseUpKey	Gets or sets the key combination used to open and close the pop-up window. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
Columns	Provides access to the collection of columns displayed in the dropdown window.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContextButtonOptions	Provides access to the settings applied to the context buttons displayed by editor items. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
ContextButtons	Provides access to the collection of context buttons displayed by editor items. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
ContextImage	Gets or sets a custom image displayed at the editor’s edge, specified by the RepositoryItemTextEdit.ContextImageAlignment property. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ContextImageAlignment	Gets or sets the alignment of an image displayed by this editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ContextImageOptions	Provides access to all properties that allow you to assign and customize a custom image displayed at the editor’s edge. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ContextMenu	Gets or sets the context menu for the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DataSource	Gets or sets the source of data displayed in the dropdown window. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
DefaultAlignment	Gets the default alignment of the editor’s contents when the editor operates as an inplace control. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
DefaultBorderStyleInBars	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DefaultBorderStyleInGrid	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DisplayFormat	Gets format settings applied to the editor’s value. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DisplayMember	Gets or sets the field whose values are displayed in the edit box. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
DropDownItemHeight	Gets or sets the height of a row in the dropdown (in pixels).
DropDownRows	Gets or sets the height of the dropdown (in rows).
Editable	Gets whether the editor’s value can be changed. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditFormat	Provides access to the settings used to format the edit value when the editor has input focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditorTypeName	Gets the class name of an edit control corresponding to the current repository item.
EditValueChangedDelay	Gets or sets the time interval between the moment when an end-user stops changing the editor’s value and the RepositoryItem.EditValueChanged event being raised. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditValueChangedFiringDelay static	Gets or sets the default time interval between the moment when an end-user stops changing the editor’s value and the RepositoryItem.EditValueChanged event being raised. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditValueChangedFiringMode	Gets or sets the RepositoryItem.EditValueChanged event’s firing mode. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditValueType	Gets or sets whether the editor’s EditValue property returns a selected item, a list of selected items, or a string that combines DisplayMember property values of selected items.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the edit control can respond to user actions. This property is supported for standalone editors. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EnableEditValueCollectionEditing	Gets or sets whether you can bind the LookUpEdit.EditValue property to a read-only property of a collection type. With this option enabled, the editor calls the collection’s methods to add and remove items.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
ExportMode	Specifies whether the editor’s value or display text is exported when data is exported to XLS and CSV formats. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
HeaderClickMode	Gets or sets which functionality is invoked as a result of clicking a column header within the dropdown.
HideSelection	Gets or sets whether the selection is hidden when moving focus to another control. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
HighlightedItemStyle	Specifies how selected and hot-tracked items are highlighted within the control’s popup window.
HotTrackItems	Gets or sets a value specifying whether the items in the popup window are hottracked when the mouse pointer passes over them.
HotTrackRows	Obsolete. Gets or sets a value specifying whether the rows in the popup window are hot-tracked when the mouse pointer passes over them.
HtmlImages	Gets or sets a collection of images that can be embedded in the editor’s display text or the display text of the editor’s items, using the image tag. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ImmediatePopup	Gets or sets whether the popup window is displayed immediately after an end-user has typed a character in the edit box. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBaseAutoSearchEdit.
IsDesignMode	Indicates whether the editor is currently in design mode. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsEditValueChangedEventPending	Gets whether the EditValueChanged event is postponed. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsFilterLookUp	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
IsLoading	Indicates whether the editor is being loaded. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsLockUpdate	Gets a value indicating whether the editor is immediately updated in response to changing its settings. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsNonSortableEditor	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
KeyMember	Gets or sets a string that specifies a key field (or multiple key fields) used for business object identification (when a lookup editor is bound to a business object). Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
LinkCount	Gets the number of objects connected to the current repository item. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
LookAndFeel	Provides access to the stand-alone editor’s look and feel settings. These settings are not in effect for the editor in a bar, ribbon, grid, etc. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Mask	This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and cannot be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBaseAutoSearchEdit.
MaskBoxPadding	Gets or sets the amount of space around the text box embedded in the TextEdit. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
MaskSettings	For internal use. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBaseAutoSearchEdit.
MaxDisplayTextLength	Gets or sets the maximum number of characters displayed in the edit box.
MaxLength	Gets or sets the maximum number of characters an end-user can enter into the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
MaxToolTipTextLength static	Gets or sets the maximum number of characters in the automatically generated tooltip displayed for an in-place editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
Name	Gets or sets the repository item name. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
NormalizeDisplayText static	Set the NormalizeDisplayText property to true to correctly process diacritics when selecting rows from a dropdown window in the LookUpEdit control. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
NullText	Gets or sets the text that presents the editor’s null value (null, System.DBNull.Value and RepositoryItemDateEdit.NullDate - for DateEdit). Inherited from RepositoryItem.
NullValuePrompt	Gets or sets a grayed out hint displayed when the editor’s value is null or empty. This property is in effect for standalone editors and for editors embedded in toolbars and Ribbon controls. Not supported for in-place editors embedded in grid and tree list controls. Not supported for read-only editors. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
NullValuePromptForeColor	Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
NullValuePromptShowForEmptyValue	Gets or sets whether the editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified (equals String.Empty). Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
OwnerEdit	Gets the editor which owns the current repository item object.
OwnerItem	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Padding	Gets or sets the TextEdit padding. The MemoEdit does not fully support this property, use the MaskBoxPadding property instead. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
PasswordChar	Gets or sets the password character that appears instead of actual characters. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
PopupBorderStyle	Gets or sets the popup window’s border style. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
PopupFilterMode	Gets or sets how data records in the popup window are filtered.
PopupFormMinSize	Gets or sets the minimum size for the associated dropdown window. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
PopupFormSize	This property is not supported by the RepositoryItemLookUpEdit class.
PopupFormWidth	Gets or sets the popup window’s width. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
PopupOffset	Gets or sets the popup window’s location. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
PopupResizeMode	Gets or sets whether the popup window’s contents are displayed during resize operations. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
PopupSizeable	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dropdown window is sizeable. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
PopupWidth	Gets or sets the width of the dropdown window (in pixels).
PopupWidthMode	Gets or sets whether the initial popup width matches the editor or content width. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
Properties	Obsolete. Gets an object providing properties specific to the popup control. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
ReadOnly	Gets or sets a value specifying whether the editor’s value can be changed by end-users. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
RequireDisplayTextSorting	This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
ResetTextEditStyleToStandardInFilterControl	Gets or sets whether the RepositoryItemButtonEdit.TextEditStyle property is automatically set to TextEditStyles.Standard, when the editor is displayed within a FilterControl and FilterEditorControl. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
SearchMode	Gets or sets whether to immediately apply the found value to the editor as a user types a query, or only highlight the found value in the drop-down window.
SelectFirstRowOnEnterKey	Gets or sets whether the LookUp selects the first found item in the drop-down list when the user presses Enter.
SeparatorChar	Gets or sets the character that separates selected items in the edit box.
ShowDropDown	Gets or sets whether the popup window can be opened by clicking the edit box and whether a single or double click is required. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
ShowFooter	Gets or sets whether the dropdown window’s footer region is visible. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
ShowHeader	Gets or sets the visibility of column headers.
ShowLines	Gets or sets the visibility of vertical lines separating columns in the dropdown.
ShowNullValuePrompt	Gets or sets conditions under which this editor should display its null value text (see the NullValuePrompt property). Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ShowNullValuePromptWhenFocused	Gets or sets whether the focused editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ShowNullValuePromptWhenReadOnly	Gets or sets whether the read-only editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ShowPopupButtons	Gets or sets whether to display OK and Cancel buttons in the popup.
ShowPopupShadow	Gets or sets whether the popup window’s shadow is displayed. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
Site	Gets or sets a ISite for the object. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
SortColumnIndex	Gets or sets the column index against which data is sorted.
SuppressMouseEventOnOuterMouseClick	Allows you to suppress mouse events when clicking outside an open popup menu. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBase.
Tag	Gets or sets the data associated with the repository item. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
TextEditStyle	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether users can type in the lookup’s text box.
TextPadding	Gets or sets the text (value) padding within the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ThrowExceptionOnInvalidLookUpEditValueType	Gets or sets whether the LookUp editor automatically detects data type issues and throws an exception. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
UseAdvancedMode	Switches the editor to Advanced Mode. This mode supports new caret and selection animations, emojis, and embedded labels. You can set up properties from the RepositoryItemTextEdit.AdvancedModeOptions group to choose which Advanced Mode features are enabled. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
UseCtrlScroll	Gets or sets whether you should use the CTRL+UP-DOWN ARROW/CTRL+MOUSE WHEEL or UP-DOWN ARROW/MOUSE WHEEL combinations to scroll lookup records when the pop-up window is closed. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
UseDropDownRowsAsMaxCount	Gets or sets whether the number of visible data rows limits the height of the dropdown window.
UseMaskAsDisplayFormat	For internal use. Inherited from RepositoryItemPopupBaseAutoSearchEdit.
UseParentBackground	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
UseReadOnlyAppearance	Gets or sets whether the TextEdit is grayed out in the read only mode. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
UseSystemPasswordChar	Gets or sets whether password mode is active and the system password character is used to mask the editor’s text. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
UseTextEditorForAutoFilter	Gets whether to substitute this editor with the single-line text editor in auto-filter rows. Inherited from RepositoryItemButtonEdit.
ValidateOnEnterKey	Gets or sets whether to raise the RepositoryItem.Validating event on pressing the ENTER key. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.
ValueMember	Gets or sets the field name whose values identify dropdown rows. Inherited from RepositoryItemLookUpEditBase.
XlsxFormatString	Gets or sets the native Excel format string used to format the editor’s value when exporting to XLSX. This property is in effect in WYSIWYG export mode. Inherited from RepositoryItemTextEdit.