Put multiple rows of a gridview into edit mode

Question

I have the need to allow a user to \"tab through\" making edits on a gridview. There will be one editable column in the row data. The user should be able to hit tab and go

Answer 1

I did a workaround by creating a property in the page:

protected bool IsEditMode
{
  get { return this.EditMode; }
  set { this.EditMode = value; }
}

Then in the GridView I have the controls for view and edit mode inside an item template. Setting the visibility based on the property value:

This works for editing the whole gridview. You'll probably need to make a few modifications to make it work for individual rows.