Cannot edit in celleditingtemplate

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I have a DataGrid with a DataGridTemplateColumn. I'm not able to edit the Comment field. When I double click on a Comment field, the background changes a expected to LightSalmon and the content of the bound property Comment is shown but I cannot edit the content.

What I have tried:

<DataGridTemplateColumn IsReadOnly="False" Header="Comment" MinWidth="80">
    <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock
              Background="LightGray"
                Margin="5"
                MinHeight="35"
                TextAlignment="Center"
                Text="{Binding Comment, Mode=OneWay}"
                IsEnabled="True"
                />
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
    <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock
              Background="LightSalmon"
                Opacity="0.5"
                Margin="5"
                MinHeight="35"
                TextAlignment="Center"
                Text="{Binding Comment}"
                IsEnabled="True"
                />
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>

Posted 16-Feb-24 3:27am

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Updated 16-Feb-24 4:05am

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Richard Deeming 16-Feb-24 9:36am

Why not?

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[no name] 16-Feb-24 11:43am

A "TextBlock" isn't "editable" ... you need a "TextBox".

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Andre Oosthuizen · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-16T07:23:00

Gerry gave the solution, to elaborate on taht -

The TextBlock is a read-only control, and that's why you can't edit the content when you double-click on it - MS Learn | TextBlock Class [^]

To use editing, you should use an editable control such as 'TextBox' in your 'CellEditingTemplate' -

XAML

<DataGridTemplateColumn IsReadOnly="False" Header="Comment" MinWidth="80">
    <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock
                Background="LightGray"
                Margin="5"
                MinHeight="35"
                TextAlignment="Center"
                Text="{Binding Comment, Mode=OneWay}"
                IsEnabled="True"
            />
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
    <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBox
                Background="LightSalmon"
                Margin="5"
                MinHeight="35"
                TextAlignment="Center"
                Text="{Binding Comment, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
                IsEnabled="True"
            />
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellEditingTemplate>
</DataGridTemplateColumn>

The 'TextBox' in the 'CellEditingTemplate' allows for your user input, and the 'UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged' makes sure that the source property gets updated as your user types.

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