cell.GetEditingElement() returns null

[Amit Patel]

Hello,

I recently updated to the newest released (2011.1.419.1040), and it has broken the application. I have custom column where i am overriding the CreateCellElement(GridViewCell cell, object dataItem) in there i am calling

((

 

TextBox)cell.GetEditingElement()).Text to update the text value, and now i am getting null reference exception. This was working in the previous release. Does anyoen know the workaround for it?

Thanks,
Amit

 

[Maya]

Hello Amit Patel,

In order to provide you with a more suitable solution, I would need slightly more details. May you share more information about the exact definition of your custom column ? Furthermore, may you verify whether you are getting the same null result for other cells too or just for those of your custom column ?
 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Terry Foster]

The more underlying issue is that the 'GridViewCell' references being passed into the 'CreateCellElement' method are apparently being recycled.  We used to be able to call 'cell.BeginEdit()' on the cell reference passed into this method, and then the cell for which the element was being created would be put into edit mode.  Now, calling 'BeginEdit' appears to try to put a completely different cell into edit mode.  Can you suggest the most appropriate way for us to manually put a cell into edit mode from the 'CreateCellElement' method?  This is an extremely simplied version of what we're trying to do, but seems to illustrate the issue:

public sealed class GridViewDistributionColumn : GridViewDataColumn

 

{

 

 

    public override FrameworkElement CreateCellElement(GridViewCell cell, object dataItem)

 

 

    {

 

 

 

        var button = new Button();

 

 

        button.Content =

 

"Click Me!";

 

 

        button.Click += (sender, e) => cell.BeginEdit();

 

 

 

        return button;

 

 

    }

 

 

 

}

Thanks,
Terry

[Maya]

Hi Terry Foster,

If the general purpose is to put the corresponding cell into edit mode, you have to define DataMemberBinding or CellEditElement() / CellEditTemplate. Basically, the reason for you to get null from GetEditingElement() would be that no edit element is created.
Please let me know in case you need any further assistance.
 

Best wishes,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Terry Foster]

Our column derives from GridViewDataColumn which already provides a TextBox as the editing element.  Again, this was working before we upgraded to the latest version.  We just want to be able to put the target cell into edit mode in response to the click of a button that is already in the (non-edit mode) cell.

Thanks,
Terry

[Maya]

Hello Terry Foster,

Indeed, you are quite right - the behavior you mentioned has been changed since Q2 2010 SP2. With the current version you may set the IsTabStop property of the Button to false:

var button = new Button();
button.Content = "Click Me!";
button.IsTabStop = false;

 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[Terry Foster]

I got it working.  Thank you.

Terry