GridViewBase.VisibleColumns Property

Gets the list of visible columns. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public IList<GridColumn> VisibleColumns { get; protected set; }

VB.NET

Public Property VisibleColumns As IList(Of GridColumn)

Property Value

Type	Description
IList<GridColumn>	The list of visible columns.

Remarks

The VisibleColumns list contains the columns whose BaseColumn.Visible property is set to true. To access the collection which contains all the columns owned by the grid, use the GridControl.Columns property.

Hidden columns that are displayed within the Column Band Chooser are stored within a view’s DataViewBase.ColumnChooserColumns read-only collection.

To learn more, see Hiding and Displaying Columns and Bands and Accessing and Identifying Columns.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/CS/DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.cs#L51

foreach(GridColumn detailCol in detailView.VisibleColumns) {
    if(detailCol.VisibleIndex < 0 || detailCol.VisibleIndex >= masterView.VisibleColumns.Count)

how-to-create-a-custom-columnchooser-that-allows-arranging-columns-by-dragdrop-e3368/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L115

View.DataControl.BeginDataUpdate();
foreach(GridColumn column in ((GridViewBase)View).VisibleColumns) {
    column.Visible = false;

how-to-convert-and-then-print-gridcontrol-by-using-xtrareport-e4658/CS/DXGridSample/ReportHelper.cs#L159

IList<GridColumn> GetVisibleDataColumns(GridControl grid) {
    return ((TableView)grid.View).VisibleColumns;
}

VB.NET

how-to-synchronize-the-column-width-when-contentdetaildescriptor-is-used-e4823/VB/vb_DXGrid.ColumnSync/DetailSyncBehavior.vb#L55

For Each detailCol As GridColumn In detailView.VisibleColumns
    If detailCol.VisibleIndex < 0 OrElse detailCol.VisibleIndex >= masterView.VisibleColumns.Count Then

how-to-create-a-frame-around-selected-cells-in-gridcontrol-t192050/VB/GridControlSample/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L50

Next cellInfo
Dim TL_CellPresenter = view.GetCellElementByRowHandleAndColumn(grid.GetRowHandleByVisibleIndex(TL_RowIndex), view.VisibleColumns.First(Function(column) column.VisibleIndex = TL_ColumnIndex))
Dim RB_CellPresenter = view.GetCellElementByRowHandleAndColumn(grid.GetRowHandleByVisibleIndex(RB_RowIndex), view.VisibleColumns.First(Function(column) column.VisibleIndex = RB_ColumnIndex))

how-to-create-a-custom-columnchooser-that-allows-arranging-columns-by-dragdrop-e3368/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L125

View.DataControl.BeginDataUpdate()
For Each column As GridColumn In CType(View, GridViewBase).VisibleColumns
    column.Visible = False

how-to-convert-and-then-print-gridcontrol-by-using-xtrareport-e4658/VB/DXGridSample/ReportHelper.vb#L153

Private Function GetVisibleDataColumns(ByVal grid As GridControl) As IList(Of GridColumn)
    Return CType(grid.View, TableView).VisibleColumns
End Function