onBeforeEditStart of EditAbility, Events Webix Docs

onAfterEditStart
onAfterEditStop
onBeforeEditStart
onBeforeEditStop
onLiveEdit

fires before edit operation is initiated

boolean onBeforeEditStart(object cell);

objectthe cell that will be edited (details below)

boolean

returning false will prevent editing of an item

Example

$$("datatable1").attachEvent("onBeforeEditStart", function(cell){
    //... some code here ... 
    return true;
});

Details

The cell parameter is an object with the following properties:

row - (number) the number of the row,
column - (string) the ID of the column.

$$("datatable1").attachEvent("onBeforeEditStart", function(cell){
    webix.message("The editor will be opened in row " + cell.row + " column \"" + cell.column + "\"");
    return true;
});