How to make text column start in capital letter in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) ?

In this article, we will show you how to make DataGridTextColumn start with a capital letter in the .NET MAUI DataGrid on Android. The soft input keyboard presented when users interact with an Entry can be set programmatically via the Keyboard property. The Keyboard class also has a Create factory method that can be used to customize a keyboard by specifying capitalization, spellcheck, and suggestion behavior. KeyboardFlags enumeration values are specified as arguments to the method, with a customized Keyboard being returned.

Documentation link : Customize the Keyboard

C#
The following code illustrates how to make a DataGridTextColumn start with a capital letter in a DataGrid on the Android platform using a CustomTextBox CellRenderer.

    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            dataGrid.CellRenderers.Remove("Text");
            dataGrid.CellRenderers.Add("Text", new CustomTextRenderer());
        }
    }

    public class CustomTextRenderer : DataGridTextBoxCellRenderer
    {
        public override void OnInitializeEditView(DataColumnBase dataColumn, SfDataGridEntry view)
        {
            base.OnInitializeEditView(dataColumn, view);
            if (view != null && view is Entry entry)
            {
                entry.Keyboard = Keyboard.Create(KeyboardFlags.CapitalizeWord);
            }
        }
    }

Output

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Conclusion

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