By default, end users must double-click a cell in the DataGrid to enter edit mode. In certain cases, it may be more desirable for cells to enter edit mode with a single mouse click (for example, when editing a CheckBox). Use the code snippets below to implement
single-click editing in your DataGrid.
To apply single-click editing to all cells in the DataGrid
1. Paste the style below into the Resources of your DataGrid
2. Paste the method into the code behind
To apply single-click editing to only certain cells in the DataGrid
1. Set an x:Key on the Style (ex. <Style x:Key="SingleClickEditing" TargetType="{x:Type dg:DataGridCell}">)
2. Paste the style into the Resources of your DataGrid
3. Apply the style to the CellStyle property of the columns which you'd like to have single click editing (ex. <dg:DataGridCheckBoxColumn CellStyle="{StaticResource SingleClickEditing}"/>)
4. Paste the method into the code behind
To apply single-click editing to all cells in the DataGrid
1. Paste the style below into the Resources of your DataGrid
2. Paste the method into the code behind
To apply single-click editing to only certain cells in the DataGrid
1. Set an x:Key on the Style (ex. <Style x:Key="SingleClickEditing" TargetType="{x:Type dg:DataGridCell}">)
2. Paste the style into the Resources of your DataGrid
3. Apply the style to the CellStyle property of the columns which you'd like to have single click editing (ex. <dg:DataGridCheckBoxColumn CellStyle="{StaticResource SingleClickEditing}"/>)
4. Paste the method into the code behind
<!-- SINGLE CLICK EDITING --> <Style TargetType="{x:Type dg:DataGridCell}"> <EventSetter Event="PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown" Handler="DataGridCell_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown"></EventSetter> </Style> // // SINGLE CLICK EDITING // private void DataGridCell_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e) { DataGridCell cell = sender as DataGridCell; if (cell != null && !cell.IsEditing && !cell.IsReadOnly) { if (!cell.IsFocused) { cell.Focus(); } DataGrid dataGrid = FindVisualParent<DataGrid>(cell); if (dataGrid != null) { if (dataGrid.SelectionUnit != DataGridSelectionUnit.FullRow) { if (!cell.IsSelected) cell.IsSelected = true; } else { DataGridRow row = FindVisualParent<DataGridRow>(cell); if (row != null && !row.IsSelected) { row.IsSelected = true; } } } } } static T FindVisualParent<T>(UIElement element) where T : UIElement { UIElement parent = element; while (parent != null) { T correctlyTyped = parent as T; if (correctlyTyped != null) { return correctlyTyped; } parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent) as UIElement; } return null; }