RepositoryItemPopupBase.AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly Property

Gets or sets whether an editor’s dropdown can be displayed when the editor is in the read-only state.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public virtual DefaultBoolean AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly { get; set; }

<DXCategory("Behavior")>
<DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)>
Public Overridable Property AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly As DefaultBoolean

Type	Default	Description
DefaultBoolean	Default	A DefaultBoolean value that specifies if an editor’s dropdown can be displayed in the read-only state.

Available values:

Name	Description	Return Value
True	The value is true.	`0`
False	The value is false.	`1`
Default	The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.	`2`

AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly value	Description
True	An editor’s dropdown can be opened, but an end-user is not able to modify the data via the dropdown.
False	An editor’s dropdown cannot be opened.
Default	The behavior is different for different editors: For the DateEdit and BlobBaseEdit descendants, the Default value is equivalent to True. For other editors, the Default value is equivalent to False.

AllowDropDownWhenReadOnly value

Description

True

An editor’s dropdown can be opened, but an end-user is not able to modify the data via the dropdown.

False

An editor’s dropdown cannot be opened.

Default

The behavior is different for different editors:

For the DateEdit and BlobBaseEdit descendants, the Default value is equivalent to True.
For other editors, the Default value is equivalent to False.