TableGroupContainerLayoutBuilder<T>.GroupContainer(String) Method

Initializes a group container builder.

Namespace: DevExpress.Mvvm.DataAnnotations

Assembly: DevExpress.Mvvm.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Mvvm, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public TableGroupContainerLayoutBuilder<T> GroupContainer(
    string groupName
)

VB.NET

Public Function GroupContainer(
    groupName As String
) As TableGroupContainerLayoutBuilder(Of T)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
groupName	String	A group container name.

Returns

Type	Description
TableGroupContainerLayoutBuilder<T>	The table group container layout builder instance.

Remarks

The GroupContainer property is recognized by the GridControl, TreeListControl and PropertyGridControl.

See the example below.

C#

void IMetadataProvider<DataAnnotations_FluentAPI>.BuildMetadata(MetadataBuilder<DataAnnotations_FluentAPI> builder) {
            builder.TableLayout()
                .GroupContainer("Order Details")
                    .Group("Main")
                        .ContainsProperty(p => p.CustomerName)
                        .ContainsProperty(p => p.OrderDate)
                    .EndGroup();
                .EndGroupContainer();
        }