DxListEditorColumn.Caption Property

Specifies the column’s caption text.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

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

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	null	The column header.

Remarks

If you bind a column to a data field, the editor generates user-friendly caption based on the field name. To specify a custom header text, use the Caption property.

The following code snippet adds three columns to a List Box and applies custom captions to the FirstName and LastName columns.

Razor

@using StaffData

<DxListBox Data="@Staff.DataSource"
           @bind-Values="@Values">
    <Columns>
        <DxListEditorColumn FieldName="Id" Width="50px" />
        <DxListEditorColumn FieldName="FirstName" Caption="Name"/>
        <DxListEditorColumn FieldName="LastName" Caption="Surname"/>
    </Columns>
</DxListBox>

@code {
    IEnumerable<Person> Values { get; set; } = Staff.DataSource.Take(1);
}

StaffData

namespace StaffData {
    public static class Staff {
        private static readonly Lazy<List<Person>> dataSource = new Lazy<List<Person>>(() => {
            var dataSource = new List<Person>() {
                new Person() { Id= 0 , FirstName="John", LastName="Heart", Department=Department.Electronics },
                new Person() { Id= 1 , FirstName="Samantha", LastName="Bright", Department=Department.Motors },
                new Person() { Id= 2 , FirstName="Arthur", LastName="Miller", Department=Department.Software },
                new Person() { Id= 3 , FirstName="Robert", LastName="Reagan", Department=Department.Electronics },
                new Person() { Id= 4 , FirstName="Greta", LastName="Sims", Department=Department.Motors },
                new Person() { Id= 5 , FirstName="Brett", LastName="Wade", Department=Department.Software },
                new Person() { Id= 6 , FirstName="Sandra", LastName="Johnson", Department=Department.Electronics },
                new Person() { Id= 7 , FirstName="Edward", LastName="Holmes", Department=Department.Motors },
                new Person() { Id= 8 , FirstName="Barbara", LastName="Banks", Department=Department.Software },
                new Person() { Id= 9 , FirstName="Kevin", LastName="Carter", Department=Department.Electronics },
                new Person() { Id= 10, FirstName="Cynthia", LastName="Stanwick", Department=Department.Motors },
                new Person() { Id= 11, FirstName="Sam", LastName="Hill", Department=Department.Electronics }};
            return dataSource;
        });
        public static List<Person> DataSource { get { return dataSource.Value; } }
    }

    public class Person {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public Department Department { get; set; }
        public string Text => $"{FirstName} {LastName} ({Department} Dept.)";
        public override bool Equals(object obj) {
            if (obj is Person typedObj) {
                return (this.Id == typedObj.Id) && (this.FirstName == typedObj.FirstName) && (this.LastName == typedObj.LastName)
                && (this.Department == typedObj.Department);
            }
            return base.Equals(obj);
        }
    }

    public enum Department { Motors, Electronics, Software }
}

Run Demo: List Box – Multiple Columns

Implements

Caption