ASPxGridView.BeforeColumnSortingGrouping Event

Fires before a column is sorted or grouped.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public event ASPxGridViewBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventHandler BeforeColumnSortingGrouping

VB.NET

Public Event BeforeColumnSortingGrouping As ASPxGridViewBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventHandler

Event Data

The BeforeColumnSortingGrouping event's data class is ASPxGridViewBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Column	Gets a column whose sort or group order has been changed.
OldGroupIndex	Gets the column’s previous position among grouped columns.
OldSortIndex	Gets a column’s (row’s for ASPxVerticalGrid) previous position among sorted columns (rows). Inherited from ASPxGridBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventArgs.
OldSortOrder	Gets a column’s (row’s for ASPxVerticalGrid) previous sort order. Inherited from ASPxGridBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventArgs.

Remarks

The BeforeColumnSortingGrouping event allows you to perform custom actions before a column is sorted or grouped.

In the example below, the control raises the BeforeColumnSortingGrouping event to change the column visibility.

ASPX

<dx:ASPxGridView ID="grid" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" 
    KeyFieldName="ProductID" OnBeforeColumnSortingGrouping="grid_BeforeColumnSortingGrouping">
    <Columns>
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="ProductID" ReadOnly="True" VisibleIndex="0">
            <EditFormSettings Visible="False" />
        </dx:GridViewDataTextColumn>
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn Name="VisibleProductName" FieldName="ProductName" VisibleIndex="1">
            <Settings AllowGroup="True" SortMode="Custom" />
        </dx:GridViewDataTextColumn>
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn Name="InvisibleProductName" FieldName="ProductName" VisibleIndex="2"
            Visible="False" />
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="UnitPrice" VisibleIndex="2" />
    </Columns>
    <Settings ShowGroupPanel="True" />
</dx:ASPxGridView>

C#

protected void grid_BeforeColumnSortingGrouping(object sender, DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridView.ASPxGridViewBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventArgs e) {
    if(e.Column.Name == "VisibleProductName")
        grid.Columns["InvisibleProductName"].Visible = ((grid.Columns["VisibleProductName"] as GridViewDataColumn).GroupIndex != -1);
}

VB.NET

Protected Sub grid_BeforeColumnSortingGrouping(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridView.ASPxGridViewBeforeColumnGroupingSortingEventArgs)
    If e.Column.Name = "VisibleProductName" Then grid.Columns("InvisibleProductName").Visible = ((TryCast(grid.Columns("VisibleProductName"), GridViewDataColumn)).GroupIndex <> -1)
End Sub