By default, the elements used to display and edit values in a XamDataGrid cell are based on the ValueEditor associated with that Field. The EditorType and/or EditorStyle is used to determine which ValueEditor derived class (e.g. XamTextEditor, XamMaskedEditor, etc.) should be used. If those are not specified a default one is chosen based on the resolved EditAsType.

One way to provide a control for a cell is to create…