BaseColumn.Visible Property

Gets or sets whether to display the column within a View. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Grid.Core

Declaration

C#

public bool Visible { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Visible As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true	true, to display the column within a View; otherwise, false.

Remarks

To hide a column from the View, set its Visible property to false. You can sort and group data against the hidden columns.

XAML

<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Birthday" Visible="False">

To hide a column or a band from the Column Chooser, set its BaseColumn.ShowInColumnChooser property to false.

To specify a column’s position among visible columns, use its BaseColumn.VisibleIndex property.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-data-grid-bind-to-custom-service-with-restrictions/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L16

<dxg:GridControl.Columns>
    <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="hotColumn" FieldName="Hot" Visible="False" ShowInColumnChooser="False" AllowSorting="True" AllowedSortOrders="Descending" SortOrder="Descending" />
    <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="weekColumn" FieldName="Week" Visible="False" ShowInColumnChooser="False" AllowSorting="True" AllowedSortOrders="Descending" />

C#

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/CS/DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.cs#L114

GridColumn masterColumn = (GridColumn)sender;
if(!masterColumn.Visible) {
    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() => {

wpf-data-grid-customize-automatically-generated-columns/CS/E2019/Window1.xaml.cs#L25

case "ID":
    column.Visible = false;
    break;

wpf-data-grid-change-background-color-for-modified-cells/CS/HighlightChangedCellBehavior.cs#L69

unboundColumn.UnboundDataType = typeof(bool);
unboundColumn.Visible = false;
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = false;

VB.NET

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/VB/DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.vb#L106

Dim masterColumn As GridColumn = CType(sender, GridColumn)
If Not masterColumn.Visible Then
    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(New Action(Sub()

wpf-data-grid-customize-automatically-generated-columns/VB/E2019/Window1.xaml.vb#L26

    Case "ID"
        column.Visible = False
End Select

wpf-data-grid-change-background-color-for-modified-cells/VB/HighlightChangedCellBehavior.vb#L93

unboundColumn.UnboundDataType = GetType(Boolean)
unboundColumn.Visible = False
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = False