Grid View Elements
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Each grid View consists of elements that include various capabilities, including:
Data display (cells and data markers)
Data arrangement (Bands, Columns, Group By Box, Filter Panel, Card, categories, and series)
Analysis and summary (footer and group footer panels)
Navigation (Indicator and Navigator)
Description (preview section and chart legend)
The View type determines the set of grid View elements available within a grid View. You can change the visibility of these elements to visualize data in the most convenient and user-friendly manner.
Table View and Banded Table View
Table Views and Banded Table Views have much in common. The Banded Table View extends the data representation capabilities of the Table View with the help of the bands feature.
Table View
Banded Table View
Card View
Unlike tabular Views, a Card View does not have analytical and summarizing features. Its advantage is that database records are arranged in separate cards instead of table rows, as designed in tabular Views.
Layout View
The Layout View extends the Card View in that it adds an advanced structure for the card layout. Further, the Layout View allows end users to rearrange the card layout at runtime.
Chart View
Chart Views visually display data in a database by using various diagrams that show the data in the form of graphical shapes (also called data markers) so that values can easily be compared.
Pie diagrams have the following visual elements:
Chart Views include a drill-down functionality that allows data to be grouped in a similar manner to tabular Views. The drill-down feature allows users to display more or less detailed charts.
WinExplorer View
The WinExplorer View is designed to display records with images and short captions. This view includes seven unique display modes. Each mode can display up to six visual elements, as specified by the View’s item set.
ViewInfo Objects
Each grid View element has its own painter and is painted based on the ViewInfo settings relevant to the View type. These settings are stored in a ViewInfo property of the corresponding grid View element.
Views and ViewInfo objects have a GetHitTest method (TcxCustomGridView.GetHitTest or TcxCustomGridViewInfo.GetHitTest) that allows you to identify a grid View element at a specific position.
View Selector
This element is present in all Views and is only available to you at design time. The View selector enables you to select a specific View in a form to access View properties in the Object Inspector:
