GridControl Class

The grid control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v17.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class GridControl :
    GridDataControlBase,
    IAddChild,
    IDataProviderOwner,
    IDataProviderEvents,
    IDataControllerVisualClient,
    ISupportInitialize,
    IDetailElement<DataControlBase>

VB.NET

Public Class GridControl
    Inherits GridDataControlBase
    Implements IAddChild,
               IDataProviderOwner,
               IDataProviderEvents,
               IDataControllerVisualClient,
               ISupportInitialize,
               IDetailElement(Of DataControlBase)

Related API Members

The following members accept/return GridControl objects:

• CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs.Source
• CustomColumnSortEventArgs.Source
• GridCell.GridControl
• GridColumnDataEventArgs.Source
• GridControl.GetMasterGrid()
• GridViewBase.Grid
• LookUpEdit.GetGridControl()

Remarks

The DevExpress WPF Grid Control is a data bound control that provides a two-dimensional representation of data from a data source. It supports tabular, card and tree (hierarchical) display formats. The GridControl ships with a multitude of market-leading features, including a wide array of cell editors, full end-user customization options, advanced data binding and management, layout persistence, fixed columns, validation, UI virtualization, extended record scrolling and much more…

For detailed information on key features introduced by the GridControl, see:

• Binding to Data Overview
• Data Editing and Validation
• Grouping
• Selection
• Filtering and Searching
• Sorting
• Data Summaries
• Conditional Formatting
• Data Scrolling
• Appearance Customization
• Printing

The DevExpress WPF Grid Control provides enhanced design-time support within the Visual Studio IDE. To learn more, see Design-Time Features.

For code samples, see Examples.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the GridControl class.

Note

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C#

binding-master-and-detail-focused-rows-to-viewmodel-objects-e4402/CS/UpdateMasterDetailFocusedRowBehavior.cs#L84

maxNestingLevel = GetMaxNestingLevel();
InitGridEventsAndProperties((GridControl)AssociatedObject.DataControl, 0);
AssociatedObject.FocusedViewChanged += View_FocusedViewChanged;

how-to-implement-custom-collection-that-loads-data-asynchronously-e4729/CS/AsyncDataLoading/Core/AsynchronousDataLoadingBehavior.cs#L11

namespace AsyncDataLoading {
    public class AsynchronousDataLoadingBehavior : Behavior<GridControl> {
        #region DP

how-to-display-data-which-is-being-updated-on-another-thread-e3322/CS/CustomService.cs#L15

public static readonly DependencyProperty GridControlProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register("GridControl", typeof(GridControl), typeof(CustomService), new PropertyMetadata(null));

how-to-add-draganddrop-capability-to-the-detail-grid-t163179/CS/DragAndDropExample/Behavior/CustomGridDragAndDrop.cs#L169

protected bool IsGrouped(GridControl grid)
{

how-to-create-checkable-grouping-in-gridcontrol-t127563/CS/DevExpress.Example03/CheckableGroupBehavior.cs#L13

public class CheckableGroupBehavior : Behavior<GridControl> {

VB.NET

binding-master-and-detail-focused-rows-to-viewmodel-objects-e4402/VB/UpdateMasterDetailFocusedRowBehavior.vb#L77

maxNestingLevel = GetMaxNestingLevel()
InitGridEventsAndProperties(CType(AssociatedObject.DataControl, GridControl), 0)
AddHandler AssociatedObject.FocusedViewChanged, AddressOf View_FocusedViewChanged

how-to-display-data-which-is-being-updated-on-another-thread-e3322/VB/CustomService.vb#L17

Public Shared ReadOnly GridControlProperty As DependencyProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("GridControl", GetType(GridControl), GetType(CustomService), New PropertyMetadata(Nothing))

how-to-implement-custom-collection-that-loads-data-asynchronously-e4729/VB/AsyncDataLoading/Core/AsynchronousDataLoadingBehavior.vb#L13

Public Class AsynchronousDataLoadingBehavior
    Inherits Behavior(Of GridControl)
    #Region "DP"

how-to-control-the-master-row-expansion-from-the-view-model-in-the-master-detail-grid-e3834/VB/WPFDataGridApp15/MVVMHelper/MasterDetailMVVMHelper.vb#L12

Public Class MasterDetailMVVMHelper
    Private ReadOnly Shared instanceDictionary As Dictionary(Of GridControl, MasterDetailMVVMHelper)

how-to-convert-and-then-print-gridcontrol-by-using-xtrareport-e4658/VB/DXGridSample/ReportHelper.vb#L27

Public Function GenerateReport(ByVal grid As GridControl, ByVal aspDataSource As Object) As XtraReport
    report = New XtraReport()

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

DataControlBase

DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.GridDataControlBase

GridControl