editCell

Switches the specified table cell in edit mode. Requires "incell" edit mode.

Fires the edit event.

Parameters

cell jQuery

The jQuery object which represents the table cell.

Example - switch the first cell to edit mode

<div id="grid"></div>
<script>
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
  columns: [
    { field: "name" },
    { field: "age" }
  ],
  dataSource: {
    data: [
      { id: 1, name: "Jane Doe", age: 30 },
      { id: 2, name: "John Doe", age: 33 }
    ],
    schema: {
      model: { id: "id" }
    }
  },
  editable: "incell"
});
var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
grid.editCell($("#grid td:eq(0)"));
</script>
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