Control Property

Gets the control shown to the user for editing the selected cell's value.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#

Public ReadOnly Property Control As Control

Dim instance As EditingControlShowingEventArgs
Dim value As Control
 
value = instance.Control

public Control Control {get;}

Property Value

A System.Windows.Forms.Control that displays an area for the user to enter or change the selected cell's value.

Example

The following code example shows how to initialize the editing control. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the GcMultiRow.EditingControlShowing event.

void gcMultiRow_EditingControlShowing(object sender, EditingControlShowingEventArgs e)
        {
            // Change editing control's backcolor.
            e.CellStyle.BackColor = Color.Red;

            TextBox textBox = e.Control as TextBox;

            if (textBox != null)
            {
                // Add TextChange event handler.
                textBox.TextChanged -= new EventHandler(textBox_TextChanged);
                textBox.TextChanged += new EventHandler(textBox_TextChanged);
            }
        }

VB.NET

Private Sub gcMultiRow_EditingControlShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EditingControlShowingEventArgs) Handles gcMultiRow.EditingControlShowing
        ' Change editing control's backcolor.
        e.CellStyle.BackColor = Color.Red

        Dim textBox As TextBox = TryCast(e.Control, TextBox)

        If Not textBox Is Nothing Then
            ' Add TextChange event handler.
            RemoveHandler textBox.TextChanged, AddressOf textBox_TextChanged
            AddHandler textBox.TextChanged, AddressOf textBox_TextChanged
        End If
    End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

EditingControlShowingEventArgs Class
EditingControlShowingEventArgs Members