Enter in edit mode by typping characters

[Daniel Garcia]

Hi,

I am using a GridTemplateColumn in a spefific column and my need is to be in edition mode when I type any chararacter (A-Z, 0-9) without using F2 or click. It works with GridTextColumn or GridNumericColumn.

this is my template:

<syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn UpdateTrigger="PropertyChanged" MappingName="Classitemcode" x:Uid="TextClass" AllowEditing="True">

                    <syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>

                        <DataTemplate>

                            <Grid>

                                <TextBlock Margin="10,2,2,2" Text="{Binding Classitemcode}"/>

                            </Grid>

                        </DataTemplate>

                    </syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>

                    <syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.EditTemplate>

                        <DataTemplate>

                            <Grid>

                                <sfInput:SfTextBoxExt

                                    AutoCompleteMode="Suggest"

                                    SuggestionMode="Contains"

                                    ShowSuggestionsOnFocus="False"

                                    SearchItemPath="No"

                                    AutoCompleteSource="{Binding ClassItems}"

                                    syncfusion:FocusManagerHelper.FocusedElement="True"

                                    PreviewKeyDown="SfTextBoxExt_PreviewKeyDown"

                                    Text="{Binding Classitemcode, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">

                                    <sfInput:SfTextBoxExt.AutoCompleteItemTemplate>

                                        <DataTemplate>

                                            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">

                                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Code}"/>

                                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Description}" Opacity="0.5" FontSize="12"/>

                                            </StackPanel>

                                        </DataTemplate>

                                    </sfInput:SfTextBoxExt.AutoCompleteItemTemplate>

                                </sfInput:SfTextBoxExt>

                            </Grid>

                        </DataTemplate>

                    </syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn.EditTemplate>

                </syncfusion:GridTemplateColumn>

How Can I resolve this? 

Regards,

[Balamurugan Thirumalaikumar]

Hi Daniel, 

 

Thank you for interesting in Syncfusion products. 

 

We could understand your requirement. We are validating the reported scenario at our end. will update you the proper details on July 29,2021. We appreciate your patience till then. 

 

Regards 

Balamurugan.Thirumalaikumar 

[Balamurugan Thirumalaikumar]

Hi Daniel, 

 

Thank you for your patience. 

 

We have checked your query at our end. In order to achieve the reported scenario we suggest you to set the CustomGridCellTemplateRenderer and handle the key action in ShouldGridTryToHandleKeyDown event. You can refer the following sample for your reference. 

 

Sample link - https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/UWP_SfDataGrid_Demo-76848850.zip 

 

Please let us know if you would require any other assistance on this. we will be happy to assist you 

 

Regards 

Balamurugan.Thirumalaikumar 

[Daniel Garcia]

Hi,

Thank you for your help. I had to adapt the event ShouldGridTryToHandleKeyDown. When I pressed a number (0 for example), the text was "NumberPad0" instead of "0". The adapted code below:

string key = "";

if (e.Key >= VirtualKey.Number0 && e.Key <= VirtualKey.Number9)

key = (e.Key - VirtualKey.Number0).ToString();

else if (e.Key >= VirtualKey.NumberPad0 && e.Key <= VirtualKey.NumberPad9)

key = (e.Key - VirtualKey.NumberPad0).ToString();

Regards,

[Balamurugan Thirumalaikumar]

Hi Daniel, 

 

Thank you for your update. 

 

We are very glad to have the provided solution using ShouldGridTryToHandleKeyDown event resolved your query. please get back to us at anytime if you need any other assistance. As always we will be happy to assist you. 

 

Thanks & Regards, 

Balamurugan Thirumalaikumar