Grid Edit Modes

The DevExpress ASP.NET Grid View (ASPxGridView) provides different data editing options so that you can create web applications that effectively address the needs of your end-users.

This demo illustrates four built-in grid data Edit Modes. Use the Edit Mode combo box to select the desired edit mode.

• Inline - Cell values are edited within the in-line edit row.
• EditForm - Cell values are edited via the edit form. The data row currently being edited is not displayed.
• EditFormAndDisplayRow - Cell values are edited via the edit form. The data row currently being edited is displayed above the edit form.
• PopupEditForm - Cell values are edited via the popup edit form.
• Batch - Cell values are edited in the in-line editors. The changes are sent to the server upon a Save changes button click only.

The following members can be used to manipulate data.

• StartEdit - starts editing data
• UpdateEdit - saves changes to data
• CancelEdit - cancels changes to data
• AddNewRow - adds a new row
• DeleteRow - deletes a row

To allow end-user modification, add a Command column to the view's Columns collection and specify the commands that can be used by end-users. There are six command items.

• New
• Edit
• Delete
• Select
• Update
• Cancel

A command item is displayed as a link by default. It can also be displayed as a button or image. The type of a command item rendered is specified by the ButtonType property of the column.

Note: The KeyFieldName property must be specified to enable data edit, insert and delete operations.