Is there no option to have the edit template just takeover the screen, be outside the list view?  Why does it always have to render inline?

Hi Steve,

This is the way build-in editable feature works. If you wish you could bind an external custom edit form to the dataItem that should be edited via MVVM. There is a code library project which demonstrates how this can be done with Kendo Grid.

• http://www.kendoui.com/code-library/web/grid/external-form-editing-for-batch-editable-grid.aspx

You can use the same approach with ListView.

Regards,
Alexander Valchev
Telerik