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OptionsColumnFilter.PopupExcelFilterGrouping Property

Gets or sets data field (column) names separated by a comma, semicolon, space or tab character by which filter values are grouped in the column’s filter menu.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[DefaultValue("")]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public virtual string PopupExcelFilterGrouping { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
String String.Empty

A String value specifying data field names separated by a comma, semicolon, space or tab character by which filter values are grouped in the column’s filter menu.

#Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type Path to PopupExcelFilterGrouping
GridColumn
.OptionsFilter .PopupExcelFilterGrouping

#Remarks

Use the PopupExcelFilterGrouping property to group filter values in the current column’s filter menu by another column. The code snippet below groups cities by countries.

colCity.OptionsFilter.PopupExcelFilterGrouping = "Country;City";

As a result, filter values are displayed in a tree structure.

GridColumn_GroupFilter

In the case of a Code First data source, you can annotate data fields with the FilterGroup attribute using the same syntax in the attribute parameter.

[Utils.Filtering.FilterGroup("Country;City")]
public string City { get; set; }
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