ColumnViewOptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor Property

Gets or sets whether activating a cell editor using the ENTER or F2 keys leads to the entire editor’s content being selected.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(True)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Overridable Property AutoSelectAllInEditor As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	**true**	true to select the entire cell’s content when editing starts; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to AutoSelectAllInEditor
AdvBandedGridView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
BandedGridView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
ColumnView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
CardView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
GridView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
LayoutView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
TileView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor
WinExplorerView	.OptionsBehavior.AutoSelectAllInEditor

Remarks

If you need to select the contents of a cell in its entirety, when the cell is clicked by a mouse, you need to set the following properties:

• AutoSelectAllInEditor property to true;

  and

• ColumnViewOptionsBehavior.EditorShowMode property to EditorShowMode.MouseUp.