# Editor Operation Modes | WPF Controls | DevExpress Documentation

## Overview

DevExpress WPF Data Editors support various **operation modes**. Each **operation mode** provides additional functionality that is specific to the chosen editor. For instance, **Item Selection** controls (e.g., ListBox, ComboBox) have switchable selection modes, while **Visualization** controls (e.g., Sparkline) can display the same data in different ways.

To change the editor’s **operation mode**, assign an appropriate object to the editor’s [BaseEdit.StyleSettings](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Editors.BaseEdit.StyleSettings) property.

Note

The [BaseEdit.StyleSettings](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Editors.BaseEdit.StyleSettings) property described in this section is not related to the [Style](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.windows.style) property and has a different purpose.

The image below demonstrates a combo box put into various selection modes.

![EditorsStyleSettingsAnimation](/WPF/images/editorsstylesettingsanimation124344.gif)

The following image demonstrates a sparkline control displaying a filled area chart and a line chart.

![EditorsStyleSettingsVisualizationEditors](/WPF/images/editorsstylesettingsvisualizationeditors124345.png)

## Editors Operation Modes

The following topics describe different **operation modes** available for DevExpress WPF Data Editors.

Note

Each **StyleSettings** object has its own set of properties. You can use these properties to configure a particular **operation mode**. To learn more about available options, refer to the corresponding **Members** topic in the API Reference.

- [LookUpEdit](/WPF/116556/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/lookupedit)
- [ComboBoxEdit](/WPF/116528/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/comboboxedit)
- [ListBoxEdit](/WPF/116529/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/listboxedit)
- [DateEdit](/WPF/116793/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/dateedit)
- [ProgressBarEdit](/WPF/116530/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/progressbaredit)
- [SparklineEdit](/WPF/116527/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/sparklineedit)
- [TrackBarEdit](/WPF/116531/controls-and-libraries/data-editors/common-features/editor-operation-modes/trackbaredit)