Gridview Cell Edit Click

[Jeff]

I'm able to edit cells correctly, however, if there is a cell with a particular long sentence, it will go to the end of the sentence when I click into the cell to edit.
Example, a cell containing a sentence
"I watched XXXXX TV show this weekend" - I click in there and I can click directly into the XXXXX as the sentence isn't too long.
"I first went to the store then came home and watched XXXXX TV show" - I click in there and it will highlight the sentence but take me to the last part of the sentence that fills up the cell.

Is there a way to adjust where you can click into the cell or an easier way to edit in the situation where a sentence is much longer?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Jeff,

Thank you for writing.

You can manipulate the selection in the RadTextBoxEditor using the CellEditorInitialized event to subscribe to the TextBoxItem.GotFocus event and manipulate its start. Here is a sample approach:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        this.radGridView1.Rows.Add(i, "I first went to the store then " +
                                      "came home and watched XXXXX TV show", DateTime.Now.AddDays(i));
    }
}

private void radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(object sender, GridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    RadTextBoxEditor tb = e.ActiveEditor as RadTextBoxEditor;
    if (tb != null)
    {
        RadTextBoxEditorElement element = tb.EditorElement as RadTextBoxEditorElement;
        element.TextBoxItem.GotFocus -= TextBoxItem_GotFocus;
        element.TextBoxItem.GotFocus += TextBoxItem_GotFocus;
    }
}

private void TextBoxItem_GotFocus(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RadTextBoxItem tbItem = sender as RadTextBoxItem;
    tbItem.Select(0, 0);
    Point localPoint = tbItem.HostedControl.PointToClient(Control.MousePosition);
    int selectedCharIndex = ((TextBox)tbItem.HostedControl).GetCharIndexFromPosition(localPoint);
    tbItem.SelectionStart = selectedCharIndex;
    tbItem.SelectionLength = 1;
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Desislava
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