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End-User Capabilities: Data Editing
End-User Capabilities: Locating Rows Using Incremental Search
End-User Capabilities: Controlling the Visibility of Columns, Bands and Card Fields
End-User Capabilities: Navigating Through Rows and Cells
End-User Capabilities: Rearranging Columns, Bands and Card Fields
End-User Capabilities: Resizing Columns and Bands
End-User Capabilities: Resizing Cards
End-User Capabilities: Selecting Rows/Cards
End-User Capabilities: Expanding and Collapsing Rows and Cards
End-User Capabilities: Sorting
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End-User Capabilities: Resizing Columns and Bands

Resize Columns and Bands in Grid Views

To resize columns and bands, drag the right edge of the target column/band header.

EU_XtraGrid_GridView_ResizeColumns

To change a column’s width so that it displays its contents compactly in their entirety, do one of the following.

  • Double-click the right edge of the column header.

  • Right-click the column’s header and select Best Fit.

    EU_XtraGrid_GridView_ColumnHeaderMenu

To change the widths of all columns so that they display their contents in the best possible way, right-click the header of any column and select Best Fit (all columns).

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