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RepositoryItemTextEdit Members

Represents a repository item which contains settings specific to TextEdit editors.

Constructors

Name Description
RepositoryItemTextEdit() Creates a new RepositoryItemTextEdit object with default settings.

Properties

Name Description
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.
AdvancedModeOptions
AllowContextImageChangeAnimation Gets or sets whether the context image is changed using animation. This property is not in effect for in-place editors.
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.
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.
AllowNullInput Gets or sets whether end users can reset the editor’s value to null with the keyboard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CanRaiseEvents protected Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component.
CharacterCasing Gets or sets the character casing applied to the editor’s content.
Container Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContextImage Gets or sets a custom image displayed at the editor’s edge, specified by the RepositoryItemTextEdit.ContextImageAlignment property.
ContextImageAlignment Gets or sets the alignment of an image displayed by this editor.
ContextImageOptions Provides access to all properties that allow you to assign and customize a custom image displayed at the editor’s edge.
ContextMenu Gets or sets the context menu for the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DefaultAlignment Gets the default horizontal alignment of the editor’s content. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
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.
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 corresponding editor’s type name.
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.
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.
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.
HideSelection Gets or sets whether the selection is hidden when moving focus to another control.
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.
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 RepositoryItem.
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.
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 Specifies the editor’s input mask. From v20.2, use the MaskSettings property to specify an input mask.
MaskBoxPadding Gets or sets the amount of space around the text box embedded in the TextEdit.
MaskSettings Provides access to settings that allow you to create input masks. This property replaces the Mask property beginning with v20.2. See the following help topic for more information: Input Masks.
MaxLength Gets or sets the maximum number of characters an end-user can enter into the editor.
MaxToolTipTextLength static Gets or sets the maximum number of characters in the automatically generated tooltip displayed for an in-place editor.
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.
NullValuePromptForeColor
NullValuePromptShowForEmptyValue Gets or sets whether the editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified (equals String.Empty).
OwnerEdit Gets an editor which owns the current repository item.
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.
PasswordChar Gets or sets the password character that appears instead of actual characters.
PopupOffset Gets or sets the popup window’s location. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Properties Obsolete. Gets an object providing properties specific to the text edit control.
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. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ShowNullValuePrompt Gets or sets conditions under which this editor should display its null value text (see the NullValuePrompt property).
ShowNullValuePromptWhenFocused Gets or sets whether the focused editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified.
ShowNullValuePromptWhenReadOnly Gets or sets whether the read-only editor displays a prompt when its value is not specified.
Site Gets or sets a ISite for the object. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Tag Gets or sets the data associated with the repository item. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
TextPadding Gets or sets the text (value) padding within the editor.
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.
UseMaskAsDisplayFormat Gets or sets whether the editor uses an Input Mask to format its display value when not focused. This property replaces the UseMaskAsDisplayFormat property beginning with v20.2.
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.
UseSystemPasswordChar Gets or sets whether password mode is active and the system password character is used to mask the editor’s text.
UseTextEditorForAutoFilter Gets whether to substitute this editor with the single-line text editor in auto-filter rows. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ValidateOnEnterKey Gets or sets whether to raise the RepositoryItem.Validating event on pressing the ENTER key.
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.

Methods

Name Description
Assign(RepositoryItem) Copies properties of the source repository item to the current object.
BeginInit() Notifies the editor that the initialization has been started. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
BeginUpdate() Locks the RepositoryItem object by disallowing visual updates until the EndUpdate or CancelUpdate method is called. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CancelUpdate() Unlocks the RepositoryItem object after it has been locked by the BeginUpdate method, without causing an immediate visual update. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Clone() Creates a copy of the current repository item. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Connect(Object) Connects the repository item to the specified object. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CreateEditor() Creates an editor whose type corresponds to the repository item’s type. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CreateGroupPainter() Initializes a new instance of the DevExpress.XtraEditors.Drawing.BaseEditorGroupRowPainter class. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CreateObjRef(Type) Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
CreatePainter() This member supports the editor library’s internal infrastructure and is not intended to be used in your applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CreateViewInfo() This member supports the editors library’s internal infrastructure and is not intended to be used in your applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Disconnect(Object) Removes the connection between the repository item and the specified object. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
EditMaskSettings(Object) Shows the Mask Editor dialog at runtime. Users can utilize this dialog to apply standard or custom masks to this editor.
EditMaskSettings(IWindowsFormsEditorService, Object)
EditMaskSettings(IWin32Window, Object)
EnableCustomMaskTextInput(Action<CustomTextMaskInputArgs>, Object) Allows you to manually control user edits, and modify them according to your custom logic.
EnableNonMaskedInput()
EndInit() Notifies the editor that the initialization has been completed. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EndUpdate() Unlocks the RepositoryItem object after a call to the BeginUpdate method and causes an immediate visual update. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetBorderSides(Boolean, Boolean) static This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetBrick(PrintCellHelperInfo) Returns a brick object that contains information on how the current editor should be printed.
GetDisplayText(FormatInfo, Object) Returns the text representation of the specified value, formatted according to the specified settings. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetDisplayText(Object) Returns the text representation of the specified value formatted using the editor’s settings. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetEditorType() This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetEditValueForExportByOptions(Object, Object, Object, Object, Function3<String, Object, Object, Object>, ExportTarget) This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetHashCode() Returns a hash code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetLifetimeService() Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetNormalizedText(String) static This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GetService(Type) protected Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
InitializeLifetimeService() Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
IsActivateKey(Keys) Indicates whether a particular key can activate the editor used as an inplace control. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsLockDefaultImmediateUpdateRowPosition() This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
IsNeededKey(Keys) Indicates whether the key is handled by the editor or the container control. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
LockEvents() This method supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be called from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
ResetEvents() This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used in your applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ResetMaskSettings() Reverts all MaskSettings properties to their default values, and removes an active input mask.
ScaleProperties(ScaleHelper) Updates the RepositoryItem according to current scale settings. This method is called automatically when the form’s runtime DPI settings differ from those in design-time. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ShouldSerializeMaskSettings() Tests whether the MaskSettings object should be serialized. This member supports the internal .NET infrastructure and does not need to be called from your code.
SwitchMode()
ToString() Returns a string that represents the current object. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
UnLockEvents() This method supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be called from your code. Inherited from RepositoryItem.

Events

Name Description
BeforeShowMenu Occurs before the editor’s context menu is displayed.
Click Fires when clicking the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CustomDisplayText Enables custom display text to be provided for an editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
CustomHighlightText Allows you to highlight or custom paint strings within the control’s text. This event is supported in Advanced mode (see RepositoryItemTextEdit.UseAdvancedMode).
CustomizeAutoCompleteSource Allows you to dynamically supply custom auto-complete text suggestions each time a user types a new word in the text box. This event is in effect in advanced mode when the AutoCompleteSource option is set to CustomSource, and the AutoCompleteMode option is set to SuggestSingleWord.
CustomTextLineHeight Allows you to specify the height of a line of text in Advanced Mode.
Disposed Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose() method. Inherited from Component.
DoubleClick Fires when the editor is double clicked. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DragDrop Fires when an object is dropped onto the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DragEnter Fires when a dragged object enters the editor’s area. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DragLeave Fires when a dragged object leaves the editor’s area. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
DragOver Fires repeatedly when dragging an object over the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditValueChanged Fires when the editor’s EditValue property changes. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
EditValueChanging Fires when the editor’s value is about to be changed. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Enter Fires when the editor receives focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
FormatEditValue Enables you to format the editor’s value (change the editor’s value when the formatting mechanism is invoked). Inherited from RepositoryItem.
GiveFeedback Enables you to specify the cursor appearance when dragging this editor’s data. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
HelpRequested Fires when the end-user requests help for the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
KeyDown Fires when a key is pressed while the editor has focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
KeyPress Fires when a character key is pressed while the editor has focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
KeyUp Fires when a key is released while the editor has focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Leave Fires when the editor loses focus. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Modified Fires when the edit value is first changed since it was last validated. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseDown Fires when a mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseEnter Fires when the mouse pointer enters the editor’s area. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseHover Fires when hot-tracking an editor element. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseLeave Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the editor’s area. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseMove Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the editor’s area. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseUp Fires when the mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
MouseWheel Fires when the mouse wheel moves while the mouse pointer is within the editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
ParseEditValue Converts an input value (entered by a user or assigned in code) to the value that the editor will store. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
PropertiesChanged Fires immediately after a change to one of the editor’s properties. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
QueryAccessibilityHelp Fires when the help is provided to accessibility applications. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
QueryContinueDrag Fires when dragging the editor’s data allowing you to specify whether dragging should be continued. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
QueryProcessKey Provides the capability to specify whether the key pressed in the editor is processed by the editor or a container control (GridControl, TreeList, etc.) that displays this editor. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
Spin Occurs when either the UP or DOWN ARROW key is pressed or the mouse wheel is rotated.
Validating Allows you to specify whether the edit value is valid. This event does not occur if the editor’s CausesValidation property is disabled. Inherited from RepositoryItem.
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