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V24.1

DxTreeList.ShowColumnChooser() Method

Shows the column chooser in the center of the treelist.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public void ShowColumnChooser()

Remarks

The column chooser is a pop-up window that lists all treelist columns (band, data, and selection) unless a column’s ShowInColumnChooser property is set to false. The column chooser allows users to perform the following actions:

Show or hide columns
A user can select or clear a checkbox in the chooser to show or hide the corresponding column. This operation changes the column’s Visible property value.
Reorder columns
A user can move a column to a new position within the column chooser (use the drag icon to initiate a drag-and-drop operation). Such an operation changes the column’s VisibleIndex property value. If column settings prohibit position changes, a column header displays a lock glyph. Note that the chooser also draws a thick line between regular and fixed/anchored columns. Columns cannot cross that line.

Column Chooser

Run Demo: TreeList - Column Chooser

Call the ShowColumnChooser method to display the column chooser at the center of the treelist.

@inject EmployeeTaskService EmployeeTaskService

<DxButton Text="Show Column Chooser" Click="@OnClick" />
<DxTreeList @ref="@TreeList" Data="TreeListData" KeyFieldName="Id" ParentKeyFieldName="ParentId">
    <Columns>
        <DxTreeListSelectionColumn />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Name" Caption="Task" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="EmployeeName" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="StartDate" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="DueDate" />
    </Columns>
</DxTreeList>

@code {
    ITreeList TreeList { get; set; }
    List<EmployeeTask> TreeListData { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized() {
        TreeListData = EmployeeTaskService.GenerateData();
    }
    void OnClick() {
        TreeList.ShowColumnChooser();
    }
}

To customize the appearance of column chooser items, handle the CustomizeElement event. The following code snippet highlights fixed columns in the column chooser.

<style>
    .highlighted-item {
        background-color: lightyellow !important;
    }
</style>

<DxTreeList @ref="@TreeList"
            Data="TreeListData"
            KeyFieldName="Id"
            ParentKeyFieldName="ParentId"
            CustomizeElement="CustomizeColumnChooserItems">
    <Columns>
        <DxTreeListSelectionColumn FixedPosition="TreeListColumnFixedPosition.Left" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Name" Caption="Task" FixedPosition="TreeListColumnFixedPosition.Right" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="EmployeeName" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="StartDate" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="DueDate" />
    </Columns>
</DxTreeList>

@code {
    //...
    void CustomizeColumnChooserItems(TreeListCustomizeElementEventArgs e) {
        if(e.ElementType == TreeListElementType.ColumnChooserItem && e.Column.FixedPosition != TreeListColumnFixedPosition.None) {
            e.CssClass = "highlighted-item";
        }
    }
}

Custom Column Chooser Items

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