Filter Panel

• Feb 01, 2021
• 3 minutes to read

The Filter Panel is displayed at the bottom of the GridControl. This panel shows an existing filter expression (active or inactive) with a set of buttons to enable/disable, edit, or clear the filter.

Run Demo: Excel Style Filtering

API	Description
DataViewBase.ShowFilterPanelMode	Specifies whether to display the filter panel within a View.

Enable/Disable Filter

Use this check box to enable/disable the current filter at runtime.

API	Description
DataControlBase.IsFilterEnabled	Specifies whether to enable/disable the current filter.

Filter Expression

If you apply filter conditions to individual columns, the GridControl uses logical AND to combine these conditions into a single filter expression.

The Filter Panel highlights individual field names, field values, and date-time functions to increase the filter expression’s readability.

API	Description
DataControlBase.FilterString	Gets or sets the filter expression applied to GridControl data.
DataControlBase.FilterCriteria	Gets or sets the filter criteria applied to GridControl data.
DataControlBase.FixedFilter	Specifies the filter criteria that is always applied to GridControl data and cannot be modified by the user.

Expand/Collapse Panel

Click the Expand Panel button to display the entire filter expression if it does not fit the Filter Panel.

Most Recently Used Filters

Click the button displayed in the image below to access the most recently applied filter expressions.

API	Description
DataControlBase.AllowMRUFilterList	Specifies whether to display the drop-down MRU filter list and the Most Resently Used button.
DataControlBase.MRUFilterListCount	Specifies the maximum number of the most recently used filters the View stores.
DataControlBase.MRUFilterList	Returns a collection of the most recently used filters.
DataControlBase.AddMRUFilter	Adds the specified filter to the collection of the most recently used filters.
DataControlBase.RemoveMRUFilter	Removes the specified filter from the collection of the most recently used filters.
DataControlBase.ClearMRUFilter	Clears the collection of the most recently used filters.

Edit Filter

The button shown in the image above invokes the Filter Editor:

Note

The Filter Panel does not display the Edit Filter button if the GridControl is bound to a virtual source.

API	Description
DataViewBase.AllowFilterEditor	Specifies whether to allow users to invoke the Filter Editor from the column header’s context menu and Filter Panel.
DataViewBase.ShowEditFilterButton	Returns whether the Edit Filter button is displayed in the Filter Panel.
DataViewBase.ShowFilterEditor(ColumnBase)	Invokes the Filter Editor.

Clear Filter

The Clear Filter button at the end of the Filter Panel removes all the filter conditions.

Users can also remove individual conditions as shown in the image below:

API	Description
DataViewCommandsBase.ClearFilter	Clears the filter.

Master-Detail Filter Panel

If the GridControl displays detail views, the Filter Panel indents expressions so they visually correspond to individual detail views.

Legacy and New Filter Panels

The legacy Filter Panel displays a filter string.

The new Filter Panel highlights individual field names, field values, and date-time functions.

To use the legacy Filter Panel:

• For a specific GridControl, set the DataViewBase.UseLegacyFilterPanel property to true.
• For all controls (GridControl, TreeListControl, and PivotGridControl) in the project, set the CompatibilitySettings.UseLegacyFilterPanel property to true.