DXCollectionView.GroupDescription Property

Gets or sets how to group data items in the view. This is a bindable property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Declaration

public GroupDescription GroupDescription { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
GroupDescription	An object that specifies how to group items in the list.

Remarks

The DXCollectionView allows you to combine items into groups. To expand or collapse a group, a user should tap the group header.

To group Collection View items, initialize the GroupDescription property with a GroupDescription object. Specify its options:

FieldName

Specifies the name of the field whose values are used to group collection view items.

GroupInterval

Specifies how to group items, for example, alphabetically or by a date range.

SortOrder (Optional)

Specifies whether items are sorted in ascending or descending order.

DisplayFormat (Optional)

Specifies the format for group captions.

The following markup displays a list of contacts alphabetically:

XAML

<dxcv:DXCollectionView x:Name="collectionView" ItemsSource="{Binding Data}">
    <dxcv:DXCollectionView.GroupDescription>
        <dxcv:GroupDescription FieldName="Name" GroupInterval="Alphabetical"/>
    </dxcv:DXCollectionView.GroupDescription>
    <!--...-->
</dxcv:DXCollectionView>