Edit cell on single clicl only, and not double click ?

[Michael]

Hi.

I was wondering if it's possible with a RadGridView to have the double click event not enable edits on the cell ?
Single click edits work fine, but double clicks activate another view, and I do not want the cell being in an editable state at this point.

Is there a solution to this ?

Thanks.

[Boris]

Hello Michael,

A possible approach is to use the BeginningEdit event to cancel the edit of the cell, when the double click occurs. In order to do that you can do the following:

1)  set two Boolean flags(isEditMouseInitiated and isDoubleClick). Where isEditMouseInitiated and isDoubleClick are used to indicate, respectively that an edit operation was initiated by a mouse activity and you have a double click.
2)  add a handlers for the MouseDoubleClickEvent and MouseLeftButtonUpEvent events, to set the Boolean flags to the appropriate values - isDoubleClick is set to false, when the MouseDoubleClickEvent event triggers and the isEditMouseInitiated is set to true, when the MouseLeftButtonUpEvent triggers.

bool isDoubleClick = true;
bool isEditMouseInitiated = true;

DispatcherTimer dispatcherTimer = new DispatcherTimer();
public MainWindow()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    this.AddHandler(Control.MouseDoubleClickEvent, new MouseButtonEventHandler((s, e) =>
    {
        isDoubleClick = false;
    }), true);
    this.AddHandler(Control.MouseLeftButtonUpEvent, new MouseButtonEventHandler((s, e) =>
    {
        isEditMouseInitiated = true;
    }), true);
}

3)  use a DispatcherTimer in the BeginingEdit event handler to set an interval of time and attach an event handler to it's Tick event to detect if a second click has occurred. If the isDoubleClick flag or the IsEnabled property of the DispatcherTimer are set to false the GridView will not enter edit mode.

        private void clubsGrid_BeginningEdit(object sender, GridViewBeginningEditRoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (isEditMouseInitiated)
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
                dispatcherTimer.Tick += dispatcherTimer_Tick;
                dispatcherTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(2500000);
                dispatcherTimer.Start();
            }
        }

        void dispatcherTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (dispatcherTimer.IsEnabled && isDoubleClick)
            {
                clubsGrid.BeginEdit();
                isEditMouseInitiated = false;
            }
            else
            {
                isDoubleClick = true;
            }

            dispatcherTimer.Stop();
        }

Also, I attached a sample project that demonstrates the suggested approach.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Boris Penev
Telerik