Prevent moving to sfdatagrid

[Tom Krieg]

I have a form which contains a number of  text boxes and comboboxes as well as a sfdatagrid. I want the user to fill in the text and comboboxes first, validate them and if all validation succeeds, and only then, I want the user to be permitted to move to the sfdatagrid and create rows or edit rows. My question is, how can I stop the cursor from moving to the datagrid until a validation flag is set? I can't see a way to do this either in the enter or gotfocus events to prevent the action.

[Susmitha Sundar]

Hi Tom, 

 

Thank you for using Syncfusion controls. 

 

You can prevent the cursor from moving to the SfDataGrid by enable the SfDataGrid.Enable property. Please refer the below code, 

 

C#: 

 

  public Form1() 

        { 

            InitializeComponent(); 

 

 

            this.sfDataGrid1.DataSource = list; 

 

            this.sfDataGrid1.Enabled = false; 

        } 

 

  

  private void ComboBox2_SelectedValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) 

  { 

      if (comboBox2.SelectedValue.ToString() == "Printer") 

          this.sfDataGrid1.Enabled = true; 

  } 

 

Here, we initially disabled the SfDataGrid and after validating the ComboBox2, enabled the SfDataGrid. You can use this property based on your validation. 

 

Sample link: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/150310/ze/DataGrid_EnabledDisabled-1022161975 

 

Please check the sample and let us know If we misunderstood anything, please modify the above sample based on your requirement and revert us back.  

 

Regards, 

Susmitha S