DXCollectionView.DisplayFormat Property

Gets or sets the pattern used to format list items. This is a bindable property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Declaration

public string DisplayFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The pattern used to format the CollectionView’s items.

Remarks

Use the DisplayFormat property to format the CollectionView item’s display value and add additional text. The pattern should have the following structure:

<custom static text>{0:<format specifier<precision specifier>>}<custom static text>

• {0} – The CollectionView item value’s placeholder. The CollectionView obtains item values from DisplayMember.
• format specifier – The format type (currency, scientific, and so on).
• precision specifier – The number of characters displayed after the decimal point.

For example, set the DisplayFormat property to Price: {0:c2} to display currency values. If the summary value is 123, its formatted equivalent is Price: $123.00.

Refer to the following pages for more information about format specifiers:

• Standard Numeric Format Strings
• Custom Numeric Format Strings
• Standard Date and Time Format Strings
• Custom Date and Time Format Strings

The following example formats a CollectionView’s items:

XAML

<dxcv:DXCollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
                       DisplayMember="Name"
                       DisplayFormat="Contact: {0}">
</dxcv:DXCollectionView>

In XAML, insert empty brackets into the beginning of a format string if it starts with a placeholder. Refer to the following page for more information: {} Escape sequence / markup extension.

You can also define the DXCollectionView.ItemTemplate property to format and customize the CollectionView item’s content.