Change TextAlignment of edited GridViewMaskBoxColumn

[Timothy]

Please refer to attached images for clarification if needed.

I have a couple of GridViewMaskBoxColumns in child rows of my RadGridView control. I'm setting the TextAlignment of the column to MiddleCenter (see GridViewMaskBoxColumn_1.jpg). This sets the alignment of the displayed value as expected.

However, I would also like data to be centered when editing the data. As GridViewMaskBoxColumn_2.jpg show the data is left aligned.

I've tried to create a custom editor but the examples I've found here are a little over my head, in C# and don't seem to relate to what I'm wanting to do anyway.

Can someone show me how to either get to the property I need to set or else show me how (in VB.NET) to create a custom editor that would do this for me.

Thanks.

[Plamen]

Hi Timothy,

Thank you for writing.

In order to set the alignment of the text in the editor, you should use the CellEditorInitialized event which is fired after the editor has been internally initialized:

Private Sub RadGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(sender As Object, e As GridViewCellEventArgs)
    Dim editor As RadMaskedEditBoxEditor = TryCast(e.ActiveEditor, RadMaskedEditBoxEditor)
    editor.MaskTextBox.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Center
End Sub

The Horizontal Alignment enumeration values specify how text is aligned in the editor. The default is HorizontalAlignment.Left. Take a look at this article about TextAlign property of the standard TextBox control: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.textbox.textalign.aspx

Attached you could find a sample project, which demonstrates the desired behavior.

I hope this helps.

Greetings,
Plamen
the Telerik team

[Timothy]

Thanks so much!