A cell is either in display or edit mode. The EditActive property sets and returns the desired mode. Place the current cell in edit mode by setting EditActive to True, or end editing by setting it to False. The user may enter edit mode by clicking once on the current cell or by pressing the F2 key. A blinking text cursor (caret) will appear in the cell—at the beginning of the text when the cell is clicked and at the end when the F2 key is used. The BeforeColEdit event will be triggered when the cell enters edit mode. The EditActive property is True when the cell is in edit mode.

Floating Editor Differences: A blinking caret already exists at the beginning of the cell highlight even when in display mode. To enter edit mode, the user can click on any character location within the cell text to specify the text insertion point. The BeforeColEdit event is not triggered and the EditActive property is False until the user has made changes to the cell text.