# stageRowEditCell

Sets a pending value for a column in the row currently being edited.

Canonical: https://grid.syidax.com/docs/methods/stageRowEditCell/

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## What does this API do?

Sets a pending value for a column in the row currently being edited.

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## Exact input and result types

```typescript
stageRowEditCell(colId: string, value: unknown): Promise<boolean>
```

| Arguments | Required | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| colId | Required | string |
| value | Required | unknown |

The return type is `Promise<boolean>`.

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## Usage flow

After registering and initializing the Grid element, call grid.stageRowEditCell(…). Read the return value with await. For methods returning a boolean or report, inspect the result before continuing.

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## Feature explanations and examples

- [Cell and row editing](https://grid.syidax.com/docs/features/cell-editing.md) — Cell editing changes one value immediately; full-row editing commits multiple fields as one row operation. editor specifies the input UI, while editable controls write access.