Select Text in a ReadOnly RadGridView Cell

Updated on Mar 17, 2026

Environment

Product Version	2022.2.621
Product	RadGridView for WPF

Description

How to select the cell text when the GridView column is in readonly mode.

Solution

Define a custom CellTemplate containing a read-only TextBox element.

XAML

	<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" IsReadOnly="True">
		<telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
			<DataTemplate>
				<TextBox IsReadOnly="True" Text="{Binding Name}" BorderThickness="0" Background="Transparent"/>
			</DataTemplate>
		</telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate>
	</telerik:GridViewDataColumn>