When EditMode is "EditForms" or "PopUp", the grid row is of type GridDataItem in regular mode but not in edit mode. In event handlers such as the ItemCreated event (for example), you can cast the item to GridEditableItem (a base class of GridDataItem) when the item is in edit mode:

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private void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
{   
    if(e.Item is GridDataItem)   
    {    
        //the item is in regular mode 
        GridDataItem dataItem = e.Item as GridDataItem;   
        //do something here 
    }
    else if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
    {   
        //the item is in edit mode    
        GridEditableItem editedItem = e.Item as GridEditableItem;    
        //do something here  
    }
}

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Private Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs) Handles RadGrid1.ItemCreated
    If (TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem) Then
        'the item is in regular mode 
        Dim dataItem As GridDataItem = CType(e.Item, GridDataItem)
        'do something here 
    ElseIf (TypeOf e.Item Is GridEditableItem AndAlso e.Item.IsInEditMode) Then
        'the item is in edit mode 
        Dim editedItem As GridEditableItem = CType(e.Item, GridEditableItem)
        'do something here
    End If
End Sub

When the item is edited, you can cast it to GridEditFormItem (a class that extends the GridEditableItem class) to reference the controls in it. The GridEditFormItem class has an EditFormCell property that provides access to the cell which wraps the controls inside the edit form.

You can also use the ParentItem property of GridEditFormItem to access the parent data item object from code inside an UpdateCommand, InsertCommand, or ItemCommand event handler:

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if(e.Item is GridDataItem)
{ 
    //find the edit form item  
    GridEditFormItem formItem = (e.Item as GridDataItem).EditFormItem as GridEditFormItem;
    //get the cell which wraps the controls inside the edit form 
    TableCell cell = formItem.EditFormCell as TableCell;
}
if (e.Item is GridEditableItem)
{ 
    //cast the item to GridEditFormItem 
    GridEditFormItem formItem = e.Item as GridEditFormItem;
    //reference its parent data item 
    GridDataItem dataItem = formItem.ParentItem as GridDataItem;
}

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If (TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem) Then
    'find the edit form item
    Dim formItem As GridEditFormItem = CType(CType(e.Item, GridDataItem).EditFormItem, GridEditFormItem)
    'get the cell which wraps the controls inside the edit form
    Dim cell As TableCell = CType(formItem.EditFormCell, TableCell)
End If
If (TypeOf e.Item Is GridEditableItem) Then
    'cast the item to GridEditFormItem
    Dim formItem As GridEditFormItem = CType(e.Item, GridEditFormItem)
    'reference its parent data item
    Dim dataItem As GridDataItem = CType(formItem.ParentItem, GridDataItem)
End If

Further information about how to reference controls inside grid rows and edit forms, see Referencing controls in grid row/edit form.

The grid's EditItems collection contains the items (rows) of the grid that are currently being edited. When using InPlace edit mode, these items contain the edit controls. When using EditForms or PopUp however, the items in the collection are the items in their initial (unedited) form. To access the edit form for an item in the list, use its EditFormItem property.

To support all edit modes in an application, check the table view's EditMode property when traversing the EditItems collection:

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foreach (GridDataItem item in RadGrid1.EditItems)
{
 GridEditableItem itemToEdit =
   (item.OwnerTableView.EditMode == GridEditMode.InPlace)
     ? item : (GridEditableItem) item.EditFormItem;
 //perform further operations
}

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Dim item As GridDataItem
For Each item In RadGrid1.EditItems
    Dim itemToEdit As GridEditableItem = _
    (IIf item.OwnerTableView.EditMode = GridEditMode.InPlace Then _
    CType(item, GridEditableItem) _
    Else CType(item.EditFormItem, GridEditableItem))
'perform further operations
Next item