GroupDescription Class

Describes how to arrange data items into groups.

Namespace: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView

Declaration

public class GroupDescription :
    SortDescriptionBase

The following members return GroupDescription objects:

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:

DevExpress MAUI Collection View - Grouped items

XAML

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