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Select Text in a ReadOnly RadGridView Cell

Environment

Product Version 2022.2.621
Product RadGridView for WPF

Description

How to select the cell text when the GridView column is in readonly mode.

Solution

Define a custom CellTemplate containing a read-only TextBox element.

<telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}" IsReadOnly="True"> 
    <telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate> 
        <DataTemplate> 
            <TextBox IsReadOnly="True" Text="{Binding Name}" BorderThickness="0" Background="Transparent"/> 
        </DataTemplate> 
    </telerik:GridViewDataColumn.CellTemplate> 
</telerik:GridViewDataColumn> 
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