How to select all text into edit mode in WinForms DataGrid?
By default, WinForms WinForms DataGrid enters into edit mode in GridDateTimeColumn the entire text is not selected. You can achieve this by overriding OnInitializeEditElement in GridDateTimeCellRenderer.
this.sfDataGridSample.CellRenderers.Remove("DateTime"); this.sfDataGridSample.CellRenderers.Add("DateTime", new CustomDateTimeEdit(this.sfDataGridSample));public class CustomDateTimeEdit : GridDateTimeCellRenderer
{
public CustomDateTimeEdit(SfDataGrid dataGrid)
{
DataGrid = dataGrid;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets to specify the datagrid.
/// </summary>
protected SfDataGrid DataGrid { get; set; }
protected override void OnInitializeEditElement(DataColumnBase column, RowColumnIndex rowColumnIndex, SfDateTimeEdit uiElement)
{
base.OnInitializeEditElement(column, rowColumnIndex, uiElement);
if (DataGrid.CurrentCell != null)
{
if (DataGrid.CurrentCell.CellRenderer != null)
{
var editingTextBox = (uiElement as SfDateTimeEdit).GetType().GetProperty("EditingTextBox", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
(editingTextBox.GetValue(uiElement) as RichTextBox).Focus();
(editingTextBox.GetValue(uiElement) as RichTextBox).SelectAll();
}
}
}
}
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning how to select all text into edit mode in WinForms DataGrid.
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