startEdit()

Description

Starts editing in the selected cell

info

If the id of a cell isn't passed, editing starts in the currently selected cell.

Usage

startEdit(cell?: string, initialValue?: string): void;

Parameters

• cell - (optional) the id of a cell
• initialValue - (optional) the cell value

Example

const spreadsheet = new dhx.Spreadsheet("spreadsheet_container", {});
spreadsheet.parse(data);

// starts editing the currently selected cell
spreadsheet.startEdit();

Details

Typing in the active cell starts editing through this method. Text composed with an input method editor (IME) is passed as initialValue when the composition ends. So the beforeEditStart and afterEditStart events receive the typed or the composed text, and beforeEditStart can cancel the edit.

Change log: Starting the edit with the text composed with an IME was added in v6.0.4

Related article: Work with Spreadsheet