Howto select cell contents

[Christian Lützenkirchen]

Hi,

is there an option in GridControl to automatically select the contents of an editable grid cell when the user enters the cell (behaviour like textbox)?

Regards,
Christian

[Administrator]

Hi Christian,

Yes, setting the ActivateCurrentCellBehavior property of the grid to GridCellActivateAction.SelectAll will select all text when ever a cell becomes current cell.

this.gridControl1.ActivateCurrentCellBehavior = GridCellActivateAction.SelectAll;

Regards,
Calvin.

[Christian Lützenkirchen]

Hi Calvin,

thank you for your help. It works fine.

Regards,
Christian

[Christian Lützenkirchen]

Hi Calvin,

can I set this behaviour in

Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.MaskedEditBox
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ButtonEdit
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DoubleTextBox
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DateTimePickerAdv
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.CurrencyTextBox
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.IntegerTextBox
?

Regards,
Christian

[Anupama Roy]

Hi Christian,

Sorry,we need some clarification regarding your query.

Do you want to know about the mentioned controls within the gridcell or do you mean the standalone controls in tools?

Please let us know regarding this so that we can provide you an accurate answer.

Thanks,

Anu.

[Christian Lützenkirchen]

Hi Anu,

sorry, I mean standalone controls....

Regards,
Christian

[Anupama Roy]

Hi Christian, Sorry for the extended delay in getting back to you. For Controls DoubleTextBox,CurrencyTextBox and IntegerTextBox, you can set the property SelectAllOnFocus to true so that it selects the whole text when they receive focus.In fact the controls MaskedEditBox and ButtonEdit does not exhibit any property to do so and hence you will have to call SelectAll () under the GotFocus event.Also,the architecture of dateTimePickerAdv does not support the selection of all the fields at the same time as it is designed in such a way that the first field gets selected when the control receives focus.Here,by setting AutoForwarding property to true,you can advance the selection to each field. Please take a look at the sample for more clarification. Thanks for your patience. Regards, Anu.