DataGridView.IsCurrentCellInEditMode Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Gets a value indicating whether the currently active cell is being edited.

public:
 property bool IsCurrentCellInEditMode { bool get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public bool IsCurrentCellInEditMode { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.IsCurrentCellInEditMode : bool

Public ReadOnly Property IsCurrentCellInEditMode As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the current cell is being edited; otherwise, false.

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of this property. This example is part of a larger example available in the VirtualMode reference topic.

#pragma region Data store maintance

    void VirtualConnector::dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded
        (Object^ sender, DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs^ e)
    {
        if (store->ContainsKey(e->RowIndex))
        {
            // Use the store if the e value has been modified 
            // and stored.            
            e->Value = gcnew Int32(store->default[e->RowIndex]); 
        }
        else if (newRowNeeded && e->RowIndex == numberOfRows)
        {
            if (dataGridView1->IsCurrentCellInEditMode)
            {
                e->Value = initialValue;
            }
            else
            {
                // Show a blank e if the cursor is just loitering
                // over(the) last row.
                e->Value = String::Empty;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            e->Value = e->RowIndex;
        }
    }

    void VirtualConnector::dataGridView1_CellValuePushed
        (Object^ sender, DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs^ e)
    {
        String^ value = e->Value->ToString();
        store[e->RowIndex] = Int32::Parse(value, 
            CultureInfo::CurrentCulture);
    }
#pragma endregion

#region "data store maintance"
const int initialValue = -1;

private void dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
{
    if (store.ContainsKey(e.RowIndex))
    {
        // Use the store if the e value has been modified 
        // and stored.            
        e.Value = store[e.RowIndex];
    }
    else if (newRowNeeded && e.RowIndex == numberOfRows)
    {
        if (dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellInEditMode)
        {
            e.Value = initialValue;
        }
        else
        {
            // Show a blank value if the cursor is just resting
            // on the last row.
            e.Value = String.Empty;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        e.Value = e.RowIndex;
    }
}

private void dataGridView1_CellValuePushed(object sender,
    DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs e)
{
    store.Add(e.RowIndex, int.Parse(e.Value.ToString()));
}
#endregion

private Dictionary<int, int> store = new Dictionary<int, int>();

#Region "data store maintance"
    Const initialValue As Integer = -1

    Private Sub dataGridView1_CellValueNeeded(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs) _
        Handles dataGridView1.CellValueNeeded

        If store.ContainsKey(e.RowIndex) Then
            ' Use the store if the e value has been modified 
            ' and stored.
            e.Value = store(e.RowIndex)
        ElseIf newRowNeeded AndAlso e.RowIndex = numberOfRows Then
            If dataGridView1.IsCurrentCellInEditMode Then
                e.Value = initialValue
            Else
                ' Show a blank value if the cursor is just resting
                ' on the last row.
                e.Value = String.Empty
            End If
        Else
            e.Value = e.RowIndex
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub dataGridView1_CellValuePushed(ByVal sender As Object, _
        ByVal e As DataGridViewCellValueEventArgs) _
        Handles dataGridView1.CellValuePushed

        store.Add(e.RowIndex, CInt(e.Value))

    End Sub
#End Region

    Dim store As System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of Integer, Integer) = _
        New Dictionary(Of Integer, Integer)

Remarks

A DataGridViewCheckBoxCell that has focus is always in edit mode. If the current cell hosts an editing control and IsCurrentCellInEditMode is true, you can retrieve the editing control through the EditingControl property.

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