Manually setting cursor/caret postion.

[Martin]

Hi

I''ve got a problem where I am manually calling .BeginEdit on a cell to get it into edit mode, but I need to specify where the user starts typing within the cell text by specifying the caret position.

Any ideas how I can go about this?

Thanks

Martin

[Administrator]

One way you can do this is to get the renderer for the currentcell, and then if it is a textbox, set the SelectionStart and Selection.Len. Here is a snippet that positions the cursor at the end of the text in CurrentCellStartEditing.

private void gridControl1_CurrentCellStartEditing(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
{
	GridTextBoxCellRenderer tbr = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell.Renderer as GridTextBoxCellRenderer;
	if(tbr != null)
	{
		tbr.TextBox.SelectionStart = tbr.TextBox.Text.Length;
		tbr.TextBox.SelectionLength = 0;
	}
}

[ashraful]

Do this feature exist for Syncfusion Winforms SfDataGrid?

[Sweatha Bharathi]

Hi ashraful ,

By default, when a cell enters edit mode, the cursor position is determined by the EditorSelectionBehavior property. For more details, please refer to the User Guide:

UG Link: Editing in Windows Forms DataGrid | Syncfusion®

To modify cursor placement while editing and set a specific caret position, override the OnInitializeEditElement method in the GridNumericCellRenderer class. This allows you to position the cursor as needed. Below is a link demonstrating how to change the caret position for numeric columns:

KB Link: How to place the cursor while editing in GridNumericColumn in WinForms DataGrid (SfDataGrid)?

Based on your requirements, you can also override this behavior for specific columns.

For more details on columns and their renderers, refer to the link below:

UG Link: Column types in WinForms DataGrid control | Syncfusion®

Regards,
Sweatha.B