GridControl.CustomColumnDisplayText Event

Allows you to customize a data cell‘s display text.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Grid.Core

Declaration

C#

public event CustomColumnDisplayTextEventHandler CustomColumnDisplayText

VB.NET

Public Event CustomColumnDisplayText As CustomColumnDisplayTextEventHandler

Event Data

The CustomColumnDisplayText event's data class is CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Column	Gets the column which owns the processed cell.
DisplayText	Gets or sets the display text for the cell currently being processed.
ListSourceIndex	Gets the index of a record in a data source that corresponds to the processed data row.
Row	Gets the row which owns the processed cell.
RowHandle	Gets the processed row’s handle.
ShowAsNullText	Specifies whether text corresponding to a null value appears faded.
Source	Gets the grid control that raised the event.
Value	Gets the processed cell’s value.

Remarks

The CustomColumnDisplayText event occurs for bound and unbound columns. The printed GridControl also displays customized text.

The CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs.DisplayText property contains a cell’s display text. To customize the display text, assign a string value to this property.

If column data is sorted or grouped, the event’s RowHandle and ListSourceRowIndex properties return invalid values. As a result, you cannot determine the processed row and obtain other cell values. To customize the display text, use techniques described in the following topic instead: Format Cell Values.

If you want to maintain a clean MVVM pattern and customize a data cell’s display text in a View Model, create a command and bind it to the CustomColumnDisplayTextCommand property.

Example

The following example shows how to display custom text in data cells. In this example, the GridControl adds the (SALE) string to the Product Name if a value in the Discount column is greater than 20:

View Example: How to display custom text within data cells

XAML

<dxg:GridControl CustomColumnDisplayText="gridControl1_CustomColumnDisplayText" Name="gridControl1">
    <dxg:GridControl.Columns>
        <dxg:GridColumn x:Name="columnProductName" FieldName="ProductName" />
        <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Price" />
        <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Discount" />
    </dxg:GridControl.Columns>
</dxg:GridControl>

C#

void gridControl1_CustomColumnDisplayText(object sender, CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs e) {
    if(!e.Column.Equals(columnProductName) || e.ListSourceIndex < 0)
        return;
    if((double)gridControl1.GetCellValue(e.RowHandle, "Discount") > 20)
        e.DisplayText = ((string)e.Value) + " (SALE)";
}

VB.NET

Private Sub gridControl1_CustomColumnDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs)
    If Not e.Column.Equals(Me.columnProductName) Then Return
    If CDbl(Me.gridControl1.GetCellValue(e.RowHandle, "Discount")) > 20 Then e.DisplayText =(CStr(e.Value)) & " (SALE)"
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

how-to-display-custom-text-within-dxgrid-cells-e2020/CS/DisplayCustomText_CodeBehind/MainWindow.xaml#L11

<Grid>
    <dxg:GridControl CustomColumnDisplayText="gridControl1_CustomColumnDisplayText" Name="gridControl1">
        <dxg:GridControl.Columns>