WebColumnBase.Caption Property

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Gets or sets the text displayed within the column header.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue("")]
public string Caption { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue("")>
Public Property Caption As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	String.Empty	A String value that specifies the text displayed within the column’s header.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

asp-net-web-forms-grid-add-numbers-to-rows/CS/Default.aspx.cs#L5

protected void ASPxGridView1_CustomColumnDisplayText(object sender, DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewColumnDisplayTextEventArgs e) {
    if (e.Column.Caption == "#") {
        e.DisplayText = e.VisibleRowIndex.ToString();

aspxgridview-dataitemtemplate-runtime/CS/HyperlinkColumn/Default.aspx.cs#L48

colItemTemplate.Name = "colItemTemplate";
colItemTemplate.Caption = "Template Column";
ASPxGridView1.Columns.Add(colItemTemplate);

asp-net-mvc-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/CS/E4755/Models/MVCxGridViewState.cs#L43

public GridViewDataColumnState(GridViewDataColumn column) {
    Caption = column.Caption;
    FieldName = column.FieldName;

asp-net-web-forms-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/CS/WebApplication1/ReportHelper.cs#L197

foreach(GridViewDataColumn dataColumn in visibleColumns) {
    ColumnInfo column = new ColumnInfo(dataColumn) { ColumnCaption = string.IsNullOrEmpty(dataColumn.Caption) ? dataColumn.FieldName : dataColumn.Caption, ColumnWidth = ((int)pagewidth / visibleColumns.Count), FieldName = dataColumn.FieldName, IsVisible = true };
    columns.Add(column);

VB.NET

asp-net-web-forms-grid-add-numbers-to-rows/VB/Default.aspx.vb#L7

Protected Sub ASPxGridView1_CustomColumnDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Web.ASPxGridViewColumnDisplayTextEventArgs)
    If e.Column.Caption = "?" Then
        e.DisplayText = e.VisibleRowIndex.ToString()

aspxgridview-dataitemtemplate-runtime/VB/HyperlinkColumn/Default.aspx.vb#L43

colItemTemplate.Name = "colItemTemplate"
colItemTemplate.Caption = "Template Column"
ASPxGridView1.Columns.Add(colItemTemplate)

asp-net-mvc-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/VB/E4755/Models/MVCxGridViewState.vb#L120

Public Sub New(ByVal column As GridViewDataColumn)
    Caption = column.Caption
    FieldName = column.FieldName

asp-net-web-forms-grid-create-report-based-on-grid-layout/VB/WebApplication1/ReportHelper.vb#L203

Dim column As New ColumnInfo(dataColumn) With {
    .ColumnCaption = If(String.IsNullOrEmpty(dataColumn.Caption), dataColumn.FieldName, dataColumn.Caption),
    .ColumnWidth = (CInt(pagewidth) \ visibleColumns.Count),