get selected text

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#16800 |

Hi,
How do I get the selected text from the current cell?
So, say the user presses a button (outside of grid) a message pops up with the current cells selected text.
vb.net please

Thanks in advance.

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[User (Old forums)]

#16801

well you can do that using DataGridControl class. the following code snippet shows current selected item text in message box. its in C# but i hope you will be able convert it to VB.

private void DGrid_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
            DataGridControl dataGridControl = sender as DataGridControl;
            if (dataGridControl != null)
            {
                Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Row row = (Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Row)dataGridControl.GetContainerFromItem(dataGridControl.CurrentItem);
                Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Cell currentCell = row.Cells[dataGridControl.CurrentColumn.Index];
                if (currentCell != null && currentCell.HasContent)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(currentCell.Content.ToString());
                }
            }
        }

regards

dEXtER2k

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by dEXtER.2k (had 353 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#16802

The previous answer is for the WPF DataGrid, but this thread is for the .NET Grid.

You can get the CurrentCell Value and display it.

e.g.:

gridControl1.CurrentCell.Value.ToString()

 

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by André (had 277 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#16803

But I only want the selected text of the currentcell. So if the cell value is abcd, and the user has selected cd, then that’s what I want to return.
Regards.

Imported from legacy forums. Posted by troy@querytool.com (had 633 views)

[User (Old forums)]

#16804

The problem is that once you click outside the cell/grid, the selected text does not exist anymore, since the cell is not in edition anymore.

A workaround would be to keep a reference to the selected text before exiting the edition mode, and get the reference in the button.  Here is a basic example on how to implement this. You will need to increment on it to cover all cases (e.g cover all columns, with different type of editors)

private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )

{

    gridControl1.Columns[

“Col1” ].CellEditorManager.ActivatingControl += new CellEditorEventHandler( CellEditorManager_ActivatingControl );

    gridControl1.Columns[

“Col1” ].CellEditorManager.DeactivatingControl += new CellEditorEventHandler( CellEditorManager_DeactivatingControl );

}

void CellEditorManager_ActivatingControl( object sender, CellEditorEventArgs e )

{

    ( (

WinTextBox )e.Control ).TextBoxArea.KeyUp += new KeyEventHandler( TextBoxArea_KeyUp );

    ( (

WinTextBox )e.Control ).TextBoxArea.MouseUp += new MouseEventHandler( TextBoxArea_MouseUp );

}

void CellEditorManager_DeactivatingControl( object sender, CellEditorEventArgs e )

{

    ( (

WinTextBox )e.Control ).TextBoxArea.KeyUp -= new KeyEventHandler( TextBoxArea_KeyUp );

    ( (

WinTextBox )e.Control ).TextBoxArea.MouseUp -= new MouseEventHandler( TextBoxArea_MouseUp );

}

void TextBoxArea_KeyUp( object sender, KeyEventArgs e )

{

    selectedText = ( (

TextBoxArea )sender ).SelectedText.ToString();

}

void TextBoxArea_MouseUp( object sender, MouseEventArgs e )

{

    selectedText = ( ( TextBoxArea )sender ).SelectedText.ToString();

}

private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )

{

    System.Diagnostics.

Debug.WriteLine( selectedText );

}

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