Drag-and-Drop

• Dec 16, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The GridControl supports native drag-and-drop that allows your end users to:

• Drag and drop records within all view types (Table View, TreeList View, Card View).
• Drag and drop records within Master-Detail Views.
• Drag and drop records between the GridControl and external controls (both DevExpress WPF Controls and Standard WPF Controls).
• Drag and drop records to and from external applications.

Note

• The GridControl‘s data source should implement the IList interface to make built-in drag-and-drop data modifications work correctly.
• The GridControl does not raise the native drag-and-drop events (for example, DragDrop.DragOver, DragDrop.Drop, etc.). Use Drag-and-Drop Options instead.

Enabling Drag-and-Drop

Set the DataViewBase.AllowDragDrop property to true to activate the drag-and-drop functionality. The code sample below demonstrates how to enable drag-and-drop in the TableView:

XAML

<dxg:GridControl>
   <!---->        
   <dxg:GridControl.View>
      <dxg:TableView AllowDragDrop="True" />
   </dxg:GridControl.View>
</dxg:GridControl>

Refer to the How to: Enable Drag-and-Drop in the TableView example for more information.

Note

The GridControl v17.2 and later ships with native drag-and-drop support. Use Drag-and-Drop Managers to enable drag-and-drop functionality in previous versions.

Concepts

• Drag-and-Drop Options

  Lists drag-and-drop options.

• Process Drag-and-Drop Operations

  How to customize the GridControl’s drag-and-drop functionality.

• Drag-and-Drop Hint

  How to customize the drag-and-drop hint.

• Drop Marker

  How to customize the drop marker.

• Drag-and-Drop Managers

  How to use legacy drag-and-drop managers to enable drag-and-drop.

• End-User Drag-and-Drop

  How end users can use drag-and-drop to reorder records within the GridControl.