How to: Enable the New Item Row Feature

• May 27, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

The following example demonstrates how to enable the New Item Row feature.

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Topic: Add and Remove Rows

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-add-a-new-row-using-the-new-item-row-e1025.

Window1.xaml

<Window x:Class="NewItemRow.Window1"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:NewItemRow" 
        Title="Window1" Height="400" Width="500">
    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
         <dxg:GridControl x:Name="grid" AutoGenerateColumns="AddNew">
            <dxg:GridControl.View>
                <dxg:TableView x:Name="view" AutoWidth="True" NewItemRowPosition="Top" />
            </dxg:GridControl.View>
        </dxg:GridControl>
    </DockPanel>
</Window>

Window1.xaml.vb

Imports System
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows

Namespace NewItemRow

    Partial Public Class Window1
        Inherits Window

        Private list As BindingList(Of TestData)

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()

'            #Region "Fill the GridControl with data"
            list = New BindingList(Of TestData)()
            For i As Integer = 0 To 4
                list.Add(New TestData() With {.Text1 = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), .Text2 = "text2 " & i, .Text3 = "text3 " & i})
            Next i
            grid.ItemsSource = list
'            #End Region
        End Sub
    End Class

    #Region "Test data"
    Public Class TestData
        Public Property Text1() As String
        Public Property Text2() As String
        Public Property Text3() As String
    End Class
    #End Region

End Namespace

Window1.xaml.cs

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows;

namespace NewItemRow {

    public partial class Window1 : Window {
        BindingList<TestData> list;

        public Window1() {
            InitializeComponent();

            #region Fill the GridControl with data
            list = new BindingList<TestData>();
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
                list.Add(new TestData() { Text1 = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), 
                    Text2 = "text2 " + i, Text3 = "text3 " + i });
            }
            grid.ItemsSource = list;
            #endregion
        }
    }

    #region Test data
    public class TestData {
        public string Text1 { get; set; }
        public string Text2 { get; set; }
        public string Text3 { get; set; }
    }
    #endregion

}