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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; }

Property Value

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

Remarks

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.
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