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FormatConditionRuleBase.AllowAnimation Property

Gets or sets whether the format is repainted with an animation effect when a cell value changes. Animation effects are supported for specific format rules, only in Data Grid’s GridView, BandedGridView and AdvBandedGridView.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public DefaultBoolean AllowAnimation { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
DefaultBoolean Default

A value that specifies whether an animation effect is enabled for the format rule.

Available values:

Name Description Return Value
True

The value is true.

0

False

The value is false.

1

Default

The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.

2

#Remarks

Animation effects are supported for the following format rules:

Format rule

Animation effect

FormatConditionRule2ColorScale

Fade effect

FormatConditionRuleDataBar

Progress effect

FormatConditionRuleIconSet

Fade effect

FormatConditionRuleAppearanceBase descendants (FormatConditionRuleValue, FormatConditionRuleExpression, FormatConditionRuleIconSet, FormatConditionRuleTopBottom, FormatConditionRuleDataUpdate and all other format rules that change a cell’s appearance settings based on conditions).

Fade effect

The AllowAnimation property set to Default for the format rules listed above is interpreted as True. Set this property to False to disable animation effects.

The AllowAnimation property is ignored for other format rules.

See GetAllowAnimation to identify whether an animation effect is actually supported by and enabled for the format rule.

Note

Format rule animation effects are not supported in the following cases:

See Also