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.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Grid.Core, 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 from the Column Chooser, set its ColumnBase.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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Note

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XAML

how-to-automatically-generate-columns-with-predefined-settings-mvvm-e3330/CS/ColumnTemplateSelectorExample/MainPage.xaml#L28

<ContentControl>
    <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="c1" Visible="True">
        <dxg:GridColumn.EditSettings>

how-to-select-properties-to-be-saved-restored-when-saving-restoring-a-control-layout-e2013/CS/SelectingPropertiesToSerialize/Window1.xaml#L12

<dxg:GridControl.Columns>
    <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="colIssueName" FieldName="IssueName" Visible="True" Width="100" />
    <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="colIssueType" FieldName="IssueType" Visible="True" Width="80" />

how-to-preserve-the-dxgrid-for-wpf-view-state-e4222/CS/SaveWpfGridState/MainWindow.xaml#L24

<dxg:GridControl.Columns>
    <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="id" x:Name="colidChild" Visible="False" VisibleIndex="0"/>
    <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="ChildDescription" x:Name="colChildDescription" VisibleIndex="0" />

how-to-bind-to-custom-service-with-restrictions/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L18

<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" />

how-to-embed-animation-into-grid-cells-e1532/CS/AnimateCells/Window1.xaml#L31

    <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Distance" Header="Distance (m)" FixedWidth="True" Width="100" EditSettings="{dxe:TextSettings DisplayFormat=0.00}" />
    <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="AnimationElement" UnboundType="Object" Visible="False" />
</dxg:GridControl.Columns>

C#

how-to-create-a-custom-columnchooser-that-allows-arranging-columns-by-dragdrop-e3368/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L117

foreach(GridColumn column in ((GridViewBase)View).ColumnChooserColumns) {
    column.Visible = true;
}

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/CS/DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.cs#L115

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

how-to-move-a-column-from-columnchooser-by-double-clicking-it-e4232/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L24

GridColumn clickedColumn = (GridColumn)AssociatedObject.DataContext;
if (((TableView)clickedColumn.View).VisibleColumns.Count == 1 && clickedColumn.Visible)
    return;

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#L72

unboundColumn.UnboundType = UnboundColumnType.Boolean;
unboundColumn.Visible = false;
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = false;

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-custom-columnchooser-that-allows-arranging-columns-by-dragdrop-e3368/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L124

For Each column As GridColumn In CType(View, GridViewBase).ColumnChooserColumns
    column.Visible = True
Next

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/VB/vb_DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.vb#L124

Dim masterColumn As GridColumn = CType(sender, GridColumn)
If (Not masterColumn.Visible) Then
    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(New Action(Function() AnonymousMethod1(masterColumn)), DispatcherPriority.Render)

how-to-move-a-column-from-columnchooser-by-double-clicking-it-e4232/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L47

Dim clickedColumn As GridColumn = CType(AssociatedObject.DataContext, GridColumn)
If CType(clickedColumn.View, TableView).VisibleColumns.Count = 1 AndAlso clickedColumn.Visible Then
    Return

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#L94

unboundColumn.UnboundType = DevExpress.Data.UnboundColumnType.[Boolean]
unboundColumn.Visible = False
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = False