Disable ComboBox dropdown in readonly columns.

[Markus Kraft]

Hi,
i have 3 questions:
1. is it possible to lock the combobox dropdown
in readonly gridboundcolumns ?
2. why is it possible to start editing in readonly
textboxes ?
3. can i change the cell textcolor or backcolor
for editmode(standart is lightgrey)?

[Administrator]

1) The simplest way to prevent the dropdown from dropping is to set its cell's style.Enabled = false. If you do this, then the cell cannot be clicked or become current.

If you want your cell to be able to be the CurrentCell, but just not drop the combobox, then handle the CurrentCellShowingDropDown and set e.Cancel = true if grid.CurrentCell.RowIndex and grid.CurrentCell.ColIndex point to this combobox cell.

2) In the .NET framework (say a standard TextBox), being ReadOnly does not prevent the control from accepting input focus and displaying a cursor.

If you do not want to see the edit cursor, set the style.CellType = "Static" when you set teh style.ReadOnly = true.

3) See the code snippet in this forum thread. It changes the TextColor based on whether the cell is editing or not. You can also change the BackColor by adding e.Style.BackColor = ???? lines.

[Guilherme de Alvarenga]

Please show an example

[Piruthiviraj Malaimelraj]

Hi Guilherme, 

 

Thanks for your interest in Syncfusion products. 

 

Query	Response
Is it possible to lock the combobox dropdown in readonly gridboundcolumns ?	To avoid the dropdown showing when the grid is in non-editable mode, you can use anyone of the following suggestions,    Suggestion 1:  The CurrentCellShowingDropDown event of grid can be used to restrict the dropdown showing in non-editable mode. Please make use of the below code,    Code example:  this.gridControl1.CurrentCellShowingDropDown += gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown;    //Disable the dropdown showing in NonEditable mode.  void gridControl1_CurrentCellShowingDropDown(object sender, GridCurrentCellShowingDropDownEventArgs e)  {      if (this.gridControl1.BrowseOnly)          e.Cancel = true;  }    Suggestion 2:  You can set the Enabled property to false for that combobox column, to lock the dropdown. Please make use of the below code,    Code example:  this.gridControl1.ColStyles[1].Enabled = false;
Why is it possible to start editing in readonly textboxes ?	In the .NET framework (say a standard TextBox), being ReadOnly does not prevent the control from accepting input focus and displaying a cursor. If you do not want to see the edit cursor, you can use BrowseOnly property instead of ReadOnly.     Code example  this.gridControl1.BrowseOnly = true;
Can i change the cell textcolor or backcolor for editmode?	In order to change the cell text color and back color when current cell is in edit mode, QueryCellInfo event of grid can be used. Please make use of the below code,    Code example  this.gridControl1.BrowseOnly = false;  this.gridControl1.QueryCellInfo += gridControl1_QueryCellInfo;    //Change the Cell text color and back color in edit mode.  void gridControl1_QueryCellInfo(object sender, GridQueryCellInfoEventArgs e)  {      bool hasCurrentCell = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell.HasCurrentCellAt(e.RowIndex, e.ColIndex);      bool isEditMode = this.gridControl1.CurrentCell.IsEditing;      if (hasCurrentCell && isEditMode)      {          e.Style.BackColor = Color.Yellow;          e.Style.TextColor = Color.Red;      }  }

 

Sample link 

http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/6404/ze/CellGrid-463311529  

 

Regards, 

Piruthiviraj