GridView cell selection

[David]

Hello guys

I'm evaluating RadControls for WPF and OA ORM for my next project. I'm just playing with it for just one day, but I'm already impressed with your work guys. Though, as a beginner, I can't figure out how to select a cell when new row is added to gridview. In other words, I want to select first editable cell and put it in edit mode when new row is added from InsertRow button. How is this accomplished?

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I will ask this one too here.
When cell validation fails, it would be nice to show the error message, without the need to move the cursor to the cell's red point. Is it also possible? 

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is it possible to tell gridview not to change selection until all cells of the grid is validated? now it's possible to persist rows despite validation failure, which breaks business rule.

thanks 

[Maya]

Hello David,

In case you want the first cell of a new item to be focused, you need to handle the AddingNewDataItem of the grid like follows:

private void playersGrid_AddingNewDataItem(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Controls.GridView.GridViewAddingNewEventArgs e)
        {
            this.playersGrid.CurrentColumn = this.playersGrid.Columns.OfType<GridViewColumn>().First();
            //this.playersGrid.CurrentColumn = this.playersGrid.Columns[3] as GridViewDataColumn;
            e.NewObject = new Player();
        }

The fist line of code sets the first column as the current one, while the second one - the fourth column. You may use either method. The current column is that one that gets the focus.
You second requirement is also achievable with predefining some of the grid's templates. You may take a look at this forum thread for a reference and a sample project. 
As for your last requirement, I would need a bit more details about the exact scenario you want to accomplish. What do you mean by not changing the selection until the cells are validated ? 

 

Kind regards,
Maya
the Telerik team

[David]

Thank you for your response maya. I already found the solution for third problem, but your reply really helped for other questions. Thanks again.