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