EditFormPreparedEventArgs.BindableControls Property

Provides access to the collection of controls used to edit fields of the processed data record, which are indexed by field names or grid columns.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public EditFormBindableControlsCollection BindableControls { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property BindableControls As EditFormBindableControlsCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.XtraGrid.EditForm.Helpers.EditFormBindableControlsCollection	The collection of controls representing editors in the Edit Form.

Remarks

To retrieve an editor for a particular field/column from the collection, use the corresponding data field name (see GridColumn.FieldName), or the corresponding GridColumn object.

C#

private void gridView1_EditFormPrepared(object sender, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.EditFormPreparedEventArgs e) {
    Control colCityEditor = e.BindableControls[colCity];
    Control colAddressEditor = e.BindableControls["Address"];
    //..
}

VB.NET

Private Sub gridView1_EditFormPrepared(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.EditFormPreparedEventArgs)
    Dim colCityEditor As Control = e.BindableControls(colCity)
    Dim colAddressEditor As Control = e.BindableControls("Address")
End Sub

Example

When the Edit Form is displayed, focus moves to the first editor within the Edit Form. The following example shows how to handle the GridView.EditFormPrepared event to set focus to an editor corresponding to the focused GridColumn.

C#

public partial class Form1 : Form {
    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
        gridView1.EditFormPrepared += gridView1_EditFormPrepared;
    }

    private void gridView1_EditFormPrepared(object sender, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.EditFormPreparedEventArgs e) {
        GridView view = sender as GridView;
        if (e.BindableControls[view.FocusedColumn] != null)
            e.FocusField(view.FocusedColumn);
    }
}

VB.NET

Public Partial Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()
        AddHandler gridView1.EditFormPrepared, AddressOf gridView1_EditFormPrepared
    End Sub

    Private Sub gridView1_EditFormPrepared(sender As Object, e As DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.EditFormPreparedEventArgs)
        Dim view as GridView = sender
        If e.BindableControls(view.FocusedColumn) IsNot Nothing Then
            e.FocusField(view.FocusedColumn)
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-filter-a-second-lookup-column-based-on-a-first-lookup-columns-value-in-editform-t120863/CS/FilterLookUpsEditForm/FormSingleSource.cs#L44

{
    baseLookUp = e.BindableControls["ProductType"] as LookUpEdit;
    filteredLookUp = e.BindableControls["Name"] as LookUpEdit;

VB.NET

how-to-filter-a-second-lookup-column-based-on-a-first-lookup-columns-value-in-editform-t120863/VB/FilterLookUpsEditForm/FormSingleSource.vb#L42

Private Sub gridView1_EditFormPrepared(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EditFormPreparedEventArgs)
    baseLookUp = TryCast(e.BindableControls("ProductType"), LookUpEdit)
    filteredLookUp = TryCast(e.BindableControls("Name"), LookUpEdit)