/// <summary>
/// Displays the in-place edit control for a given list view subitem.
/// It is assumed that the in-place edit control was previously created
/// and assigned to the proper column, by means of the SetEditControl
/// method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="editedItem">The item to be edited.</param>
/// <param name="editedSubItem">The subitem to be edited.</param>
public void StartEditing(ListViewItem editedItem,
ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem editedSubItem)
{
if (row < 0 || column < 0 || editedSubItem == null)
{
return;
}
// Check if event handler available and if positive, raise the event
Control editControl;
editControls.TryGetValue(column, out editControl);
// Override the editable control in the custom subitem, if such an item is used.
EditableListViewSubItem customSubItem = editedSubItem as EditableListViewSubItem;
if (customSubItem != null)
{
if (customSubItem.ReadOnly)
{
// non-editable item
return;
}
else
{
// override the edit control
editControl = customSubItem.EditControl;
}
}
ListViewSubItemEventArgs args =
new ListViewSubItemEventArgs(editControl, editedItem,
editedSubItem, column);
if (SubItemEditing != null && editControl != null)
{
SubItemEditing(this, args);
}
// Check if the event was handled - thus the in-place edit controls
// displayed.
if (!args.Handled)
{
// Display edit control and also set text.
DisplayEditControl(false, editControl, editedSubItem);
}
Form frm = FindForm();
if (frm != null && frm.KeyPreview)
{
frm.KeyPreview = false;
_restoreKeyPreview = true;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// End the in-place editing action. It results in "hiding" the
/// in-place edit control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="acceptChanges">Set to true to accept the new value,
/// that is resulting after the editing action.</param>
private void EndEditing(bool acceptChanges)
{
Form frm = FindForm();
if (frm != null && _restoreKeyPreview)
{
frm.KeyPreview = true;
_restoreKeyPreview = false;
}
// Check the row bounds.
if (row < 0 || row >= this.Items.Count)
{
return;
}
// Check the column bounds.
if (column < 0 || column >= this.Columns.Count)
{
return;
}
if (!activeEditControl.Visible)
{
return;
}
ListViewItem editedItem = this.Items[row];
ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem editedSubItem = editedItem.SubItems[column];
if (acceptChanges)
{
// Editing results should be handled differently
// for each type of supported in-place edit control.
EditableListViewSubItem customSubItem =
editedSubItem as EditableListViewSubItem;
if (customSubItem != null)
{
customSubItem.Text = activeEditControl.Text;
}
else
{
editedSubItem.Text = activeEditControl.Text;
}
// Check if event handler available and if positive, raise the event
if (SubItemEdited != null)
{
ListViewSubItemEventArgs args =
new ListViewSubItemEventArgs(activeEditControl, editedItem,
editedSubItem, column);
SubItemEdited(this, args);
// Check if the event was handled - thus the in-place edit controls
// displayed.
if (args.Handled)
{
return;
}
}
}
if (SubItemEndEditing != null)
{
ListViewSubItemEventArgs args =
new ListViewSubItemEventArgs(activeEditControl, editedItem,
editedSubItem, column);
SubItemEndEditing(this, args);
}
// Nothing is edited right now.
row = column = -1;
// Disable the control and make it invisible ("hide" it).
//>>>> FIXUP for nasty bug
// for some strange reason (which we don't have time to investigate)
// the SubItemEdited event f***s up the activeEditControl of the list.
// So we put an extra protection here to prevent exceptions popping up
if (activeEditControl != null)
{
activeEditControl.Hide();
activeEditControl.Enabled = false;
activeEditControl.BringToFront();
// Unsubscribe for the event handlers.
activeEditControl.Leave -= new EventHandler(OnEditorLeave);
activeEditControl.KeyDown -= new KeyEventHandler(OnEditorKeyDown);
// Set activeEditControl as null
activeEditControl = null;
}
// Focus back to the list.
Focus();
}
/// <summary>
/// Window procedure. Legacy Win32 programming.
/// Neither ListView nor its base classes do expose have an
/// OnScroll event handler. If we want to catch these events,
/// we must do it in Win32 style. However, the best way to
/// scroll in-place controls together with the list view is
/// to do via WM_PAINT.
/// </summary>
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
Color nonEditableColor = this.BackColor;
switch (m.Msg)
{
case WM_PAINT:
// Set distinctive background for editable fields and also reposition the
// subitem being edited (if any)
ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem editedSubItem = null;
foreach (ListViewItem item in Items)
{
item.UseItemStyleForSubItems = false;
item.BackColor = nonEditableColor;
item.ForeColor = Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.ControlText);
int subItemIndex = 0;
foreach (ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem subItem in item.SubItems)
{
Control editControl = null;
Color editableColor = Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Wheat);
EditableListViewSubItem editableSubItem =
subItem as EditableListViewSubItem;
if (editableSubItem != null)
{
if (!editableSubItem.ReadOnly)
{
// possibly editable (unless the developer forgot
// to specify the control)
editControl = editableSubItem.EditControl;
if (!editableSubItem.IsValid)
{
editableColor = Color.Wheat;
}
}
}
else
{
// editable
editControls.TryGetValue(subItemIndex, out editControl);
}
if (editControl != null)
{
// editable item
// see if it's being edited right now
subItem.BackColor = editableColor;
if (item.Index == EditedRow && subItemIndex == EditedColumn)
{
editedSubItem = subItem;
}
}
else
{
// non-editable item
subItem.BackColor = nonEditableColor;
}
subItemIndex++;
}
}
// Reposition edit control.
if (editedSubItem != null && activeEditControl != null)
{
DisplayEditControl(true, activeEditControl, editedSubItem);
}
break;
}
base.WndProc(ref m);
}