Put a filter cell into edit mode programmatically

Updated on May 7, 2026

You can easily put a filter cell into edit mode by code. You should simply call the BeginEdit method of the desired cell:

Put a filter cell in edit mode programmatically

C#

this.radGridView1.MasterView.TableFilteringRow.Cells[1].BeginEdit();

VB.NET

Me.RadGridView1.MasterView.TableFilteringRow.Cells(0).BeginEdit()

See Also

• Basic Filtering

• Customizing composite filter dialog

• Custom Filtering

• Events

• Excel-like filtering

• FilterExpressionChanged Event

• Filtering Row

• Setting Filters Programmatically (composite descriptors)

• How to Indicate RadTextBoxEditor in Grid Filter Cells