OptionsColumn.AllowEdit Property

Specifies if users can edit column values in grid cells (inplace edit mode).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(true)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public bool AllowEdit { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(True)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property AllowEdit As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true	true to allow users to edit cell values; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to AllowEdit
GridColumn	.OptionsColumn .AllowEdit

Remarks

The AllowEdit option is in effect if the View’s ColumnView.Editable property is set to true and the EditingMode property is set to Default or Inplace.

Users cannot edit values in merged cells (see the OptionsColumn.AllowMerge and GridOptionsView.AllowCellMerge properties). The AllowEdit property has no effect on merged cells.

Example

C#

colCity.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;

VB.NET

colCity.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-grid-image-slider-cell-editor/CS/WindowsFormsApplication202/ImageSliderHelper.cs#L29

view.Columns["Image"].ColumnEdit = repository;
view.Columns["Description"].OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;
view.RowHeight = slider.Size.Height;

winforms-grid-tokenedit-in-unbound-column/CS/Form1.cs#L56

};
col.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = true;
gridView.Columns.Add(col);

winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/CS/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.cs#L123

column.OptionsColumn.ShowCaption = false;
column.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = false;
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSize = false;

XAF-how-to-add-an-unbound-column-to-gridlisteditor-to-execute-a-custom-action-for-a-record/CS/WinSolution.Module.Win/SimpleBusinessActionGridListViewController.cs#L61

buttonColumn.VisibleIndex = 0;
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = true;
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowGroup = DefaultBoolean.False;

VB.NET

winforms-grid-image-slider-cell-editor/VB/WindowsFormsApplication202/ImageSliderHelper.vb#L33

view.Columns("Image").ColumnEdit = repository
view.Columns("Description").OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False
view.RowHeight = slider.Size.Height

winforms-grid-tokenedit-in-unbound-column/VB/Form1.vb#L53

Dim col As GridColumn = New GridColumn() With {.Name = "col", .Caption = "Unbound Col", .FieldName = "col", .Visible = True, .UnboundType = UnboundColumnType.Object}
col.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = True
gridView.Columns.Add(col)

winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/VB/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.vb#L152

column.OptionsColumn.ShowCaption = False
column.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = False
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSize = False

XAF-how-to-add-an-unbound-column-to-gridlisteditor-to-execute-a-custom-action-for-a-record/VB/WinSolution.Module.Win/SimpleBusinessActionGridListViewController.vb#L76

buttonColumn.VisibleIndex = 0
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowEdit = True
buttonColumn.OptionsColumn.AllowGroup = DefaultBoolean.False