DataViewBase.AllowDragDrop Property

Gets or sets whether an end-user is allowed to drag and drop grid view’s records. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v19.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool AllowDragDrop { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property AllowDragDrop As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true, to allow end-users to drag and drop grid view’s records; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The code sample below demonstrates how to enable drag-and-drop in the TableView:

XAML

<dxg:GridControl>
   <!---->        
   <dxg:GridControl.View>
      <dxg:TableView AllowDragDrop="True" />
   </dxg:GridControl.View>
</dxg:GridControl>

See the following examples for more information:

• How to: Enable Drag-and-Drop in the TableView
• How to: Enable Drag-and-Drop in the TreeListView
• How to: Enable Drag-and-Drop in the CardView

Note

The GridControl ships with native drag-and-drop support starting from v17.2. Use Drag-and-Drop Managers to enable drag-and-drop functionality in previous versions.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-gridcontrols-t566656/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L23

    <dxg:TreeListView KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID" AutoExpandAllNodes="True"
        AutoWidth="True" AllowDragDrop="True" DragRecordOver="OnDragRecordOver" />
</dxg:GridControl.View>

how-to-customize-drop-marker-t568780/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L24

<dxg:TreeListView KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID"
                  AutoExpandAllNodes="True" AllowDragDrop="True">
    <dxg:TreeListView.DropMarkerTemplate>

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-other-controls-t566741/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L34

<dxg:GridControl.View>
    <dxg:TableView AutoWidth="True" AllowDragDrop="True"
        DragRecordOver="OnDragRecordOver" DropRecord="OnDropRecord" />

how-to-implement-drag-and-drop-between-the-gridcontrol-and-the-listboxedit-t566433/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L22

<dxg:GridControl.View>
    <dxg:TableView AutoWidth="True" AllowDragDrop="True" DragRecordOver="OnDragRecordOver" />
</dxg:GridControl.View>

how-to-manually-control-drag-and-drop-in-the-gridcontrol-e3921/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L17

<dxg:GridControl.View>
    <dxg:TreeListView KeyFieldName="ID" ParentFieldName="ParentID" AutoExpandAllNodes="True" AllowDragDrop="True" DropRecord="OnDropRecord" />
</dxg:GridControl.View>

VB.NET

how-to-implement-hot-track-for-grid-rows-during-the-drag-and-drop-operation-e4415/VB/HotTrackBehavior.vb#L22

MyBase.OnAttached()
Me.AssociatedObject.AllowDragDrop = True
AddHandler AssociatedObject.DragRecordOver, AddressOf AssociatedObject_DragRecordOver