ColumnBase.ShowInColumnChooser Property

Gets or sets whether to display the column in the Column Chooser. 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 ShowInColumnChooser { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ShowInColumnChooser As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true	true to display the column’s header within the Column Chooser; otherwise, false.

Remarks

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

XAML

<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Visits" Visible="False"/>
<dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Birthday" Visible="False" ShowInColumnChooser="False"/>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

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-customize-the-merge-field-collection-and-perform-mail-merge-using-the-ilist-data-so-t532297/CS/SimpleDataMerge/CustomizeMergeFieldsControl.xaml#L29

<dxg:GridControl.Columns>
    <dxg:GridColumn Name="gridColumn1" Header="Data field name (readonly)" MinWidth="155" AllowAutoFilter="False" AllowColumnFiltering="False" AllowEditing="False" AllowMoving="False" AllowSorting="False" FieldName="Name" ShowInColumnChooser="False" />
    <dxg:GridColumn Name="gridColumn2" AllowAutoFilter="False" MinWidth="100" AllowColumnFiltering="False" AllowMoving="False" AllowSorting="False" Header="Display name" FieldName="DisplayName" />

C#

wpf-data-grid-change-background-color-for-modified-cells/CS/HighlightChangedCellBehavior.cs#L73

unboundColumn.Visible = false;
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = false;
AssociatedObject.Columns.Add(unboundColumn);

VB.NET

wpf-data-grid-change-background-color-for-modified-cells/VB/HighlightChangedCellBehavior.vb#L95

unboundColumn.Visible = False
unboundColumn.ShowInColumnChooser = False
Me.AssociatedObject.Columns.Add(unboundColumn)