DG Start wtih Row 0 in Edit Mode?

[Scott Murray]

My "Add a Record" button is outside of the DG.

When it's pushed, it adds a new row at the top of the DG. It add the row in
normal display mode, forcing the user to hit the Edit Button to enter data.

I'd rather have the DG display the new row already in Edit mode (with
Textboxes).

I've experimented with putting:

dg_line_items.EditItemIndex = 0

in different places, but have not succeeded.

Any ideas?

TIA,
Scott Murray

 

[JLeary]

Not sure if this is related, but I am trying to do something similar. My
'Add' button works fine if there are already rows in the datagrid, but if it
is the first, it is failing. I was trying to code functionality to auto
populate the first row of the grid if the datasource had zero records.

 

[Scott Murray]

My DG works fine, it's just a convenience for the user to have the new row
already in edit mode.

When I try to set the EditItemIndex = 0, I get an Failed to load viewstate
error.

 

[Scott Murray]

I was not performing a dg.databind after setting the EditItemIndex = 0.

sorry...i learned to read in the first grade but sometimes forget to do it.