BarBaseButtonItem.GroupIndex Property

Gets or sets the button’s group index. This property is in effect when the current object acts as a check button.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(0)]
public virtual int GroupIndex { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(0)>
Public Overridable Property GroupIndex As Integer

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Int32	0	The button’s group index.

Remarks

The GroupIndex property allows you to create a radio group of check buttons. When a user selects one item, other items in the group are automatically deselected.

The GroupIndex property is in effect for BarBaseButtonItems that act like check buttons. These items include the following:

• BarCheckItems
• BarButtonItem objects, whose BarButtonItem.ButtonStyle property is set to BarButtonStyle.Check.

To combine two or more check buttons in a radio group, set the GroupIndex property for these buttons to the same non-zero value.

The BarBaseButtonItem.AllowAllUp property determines if all items in a group can be deselected simultaneously.

Example

The following code combines two BarCheckItems in a radio group.

C#

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    int colorRadioGroupValue1 = 11;

    barCheckItem1.Caption = "Black";
    barCheckItem1.CheckBoxVisibility = CheckBoxVisibility.BeforeText;
    barCheckItem1.CheckStyle = BarCheckStyles.Radio;
    barCheckItem1.GroupIndex = colorRadioGroupValue1;
    barCheckItem1.CheckedChanged += BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged;

    barCheckItem2.Caption = "White";
    barCheckItem2.CheckBoxVisibility = CheckBoxVisibility.BeforeText;
    barCheckItem2.CheckStyle = BarCheckStyles.Radio;
    barCheckItem2.GroupIndex = colorRadioGroupValue1;
    barCheckItem2.CheckedChanged += BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged;
    barCheckItem2.Checked = true;
}

private void BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    BarCheckItem checkItem = sender as BarCheckItem;
    MessageBox.Show(checkItem.Caption);
}

VB.NET

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim colorRadioGroupValue1 As Integer = 11

    BarCheckItem1.Caption = "Black"
    BarCheckItem1.CheckBoxVisibility = CheckBoxVisibility.BeforeText
    BarCheckItem1.CheckStyle = BarCheckStyles.Radio
    BarCheckItem1.GroupIndex = colorRadioGroupValue1
    AddHandler BarCheckItem1.CheckedChanged, AddressOf BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged

    BarCheckItem2.Caption = "White"
    BarCheckItem2.CheckBoxVisibility = CheckBoxVisibility.BeforeText
    BarCheckItem2.CheckStyle = BarCheckStyles.Radio
    BarCheckItem2.GroupIndex = colorRadioGroupValue1
    AddHandler BarCheckItem2.CheckedChanged, AddressOf BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged
    BarCheckItem2.Checked = True
End Sub

Private Sub BarCheckItem_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
    Dim checkItem As BarCheckItem = TryCast(sender, BarCheckItem)
    MessageBox.Show(checkItem.Caption)
End Sub