ASPxGridView – Add ‘New’ button somewhere other than the detail row
Give your ASPxGridView a ClientInstanceName. I selected ‘grid’ in this sample:
ClientInstanceName="grid"
Now place a button control (I used the ASPxButton) somewhere like the StatusBar:
<StatusBar>
<dxe:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButton1" runat="server" Text="New" AutoPostBack="False" ClientSideEvents-Click="function(s, e) { grid.AddNewRow(); }">
</dxe:ASPxButton>
</StatusBar>