GridControl Properties

Displays data from a data source in various formats (Views): Tabular, Banded Tabular, Cards, Windows UI-inspired Tiles, and Windows Explorer-inspired UI.

Name	Description
AccessibilityObject	Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the accessible role of the control. Inherited from Control.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. Inherited from Control.
AllowRestoreSelectionAndFocusedRow	Gets or sets whether to preserve the focused row and selection after sorting, grouping or filtering in Server and Instant Feedback modes.
AllowTouchGestures	Gets or sets whether the EditorContainer allows touch gestures when the app runs on touch-enabled devices. Inherited from EditorContainer.
Anchor	Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
AutoScrollOffset	Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(Control). Inherited from Control.
AutoSize	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.
AvailableViews	Gets the collection of registered View types.
BackColor	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
BackgroundImage	Gets or sets the background image displayed in the control. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImageLayout	Gets or sets the background image layout as defined in the ImageLayout enumeration. Inherited from Control.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control.
Bottom	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Bounds	Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control. Inherited from Control.
CanEnableIme protected	Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support. Inherited from Control.
CanFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. Inherited from Control.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Determines if events can be raised on the control. Inherited from Control.
CanSelect	Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. Inherited from Control.
Capture	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. Inherited from Control.
CausesValidation	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. Inherited from Control.
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls static	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to catch calls on the wrong thread that access a control’s Handle property when an application is being debugged. Inherited from Control.
ClientRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ClientSize	Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
CompanyName	Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. Inherited from Control.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainsFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenu	Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenuStrip	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Controls	Gets the collection of controls contained within the control.
Created	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. Inherited from Control.
CreateParams protected	Gets the required creation parameters when the control handle is created. Inherited from Control.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the current GridControl.
DataBindings	Gets the data bindings for the control. Inherited from Control.
DataMember	Gets or sets a sub-list of the data source (GridControl.DataSource) whose data is supplied for the grid control’s main View.
DataSource	Gets or sets the grid control’s data source.
DefaultBackColor static	Gets the default background color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultCursor protected	Gets or sets the default cursor for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultFont static	Gets the default font of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultForeColor static	Gets the default foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultImeMode protected	Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMargin protected	Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMaximumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMinimumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultPadding protected	Gets the internal spacing, in pixels, of the contents of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultView	Gets the currently maximized View.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DisableAccessibility static	Gets or sets whether the Grid Control’s accessibility feature (providing information on the control’s data to accessibility tools, e.g., MS Narrator) is disabled. This is a static property, and thus it affects all Grid Controls in your application.
DisplayRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. Inherited from Control.
Disposing	Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing. Inherited from Control.
Dock	Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent.
DoubleBuffered protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker. Inherited from Control.
EmbeddedNavigator	Allows to customize the embedded data navigator.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. Inherited from Control.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
ExternalRepository	Gets or sets the external repository of in-place editors. Inherited from EditorContainer.
Focused	Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. Inherited from Control.
FocusedView	Gets or sets the View which is currently focused.
Font	Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control. Inherited from Control.
FontHeight protected	Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. Inherited from Control.
ForeColor	Gets or sets the control’s foreground color. Inherited from EditorContainer.
GridDisposing	Gets a value indicating whether the current GridControl is being unloaded from memory.
Handle	Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. Inherited from Control.
HasChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. Inherited from Control.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeMode	Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeBase protected	Gets or sets the IME mode of a control. Inherited from Control.
InvokeRequired	Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. Inherited from Control.
IsAccessible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
IsAttachedToSearchControl	Gets whether the GridControl is attached to a SearchControl, which performs data searching through grid data.
IsDesignMode	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from EditorContainer.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from Control.
IsFocused	Tests whether the grid control has input focus.
IsHandleCreated	Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. Inherited from Control.
IsLoaded	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
IsLoading	Gets whether the control is being initialized. Inherited from EditorContainer.
IsMirrored	Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored. Inherited from Control.
IsPrinting	Gets whether the grid control is sending information to the print/export engine.
IsPrintingAvailable	Indicates whether the grid control can be printed/exported.
IsSplitGrid	Gets whether the GridControl belongs to a GridSplitContainer.
KeyboardFocusView	Obsolete. Gets or sets the View that currently has keyboard focus.
LayoutEngine	Gets a cached instance of the control’s layout engine. Inherited from Control.
Left	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
LevelTree	Provides access to a hierarchical structure that associates pattern Views with specific master-detail relationships.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. Inherited from Control.
LookAndFeel	Inherited from EditorContainer.
MainView	Gets or sets the View that displays data at the top hierarchy level.
Margin	Gets or sets the space between controls. Inherited from Control.
MaximumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MenuManager	Gets or sets an object that controls the look and feel of the popup menus. Inherited from EditorContainer.
MinimumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
ModifierKeys static	Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MouseButtons static	Gets a value indicating which of the mouse buttons is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MousePosition static	Gets the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates. Inherited from Control.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the control. Inherited from Control.
Padding	Gets or sets padding within the control. Inherited from Control.
Parent	Gets or sets the parent container of the control. Inherited from Control.
PreferredSize	Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit. Inherited from Control.
ProductName	Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
ProductVersion	Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
PropagatingImeMode protected static	Gets an object that represents a propagating IME mode. Inherited from Control.
RecreatingHandle	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. Inherited from Control.
Region	Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
RenderRightToLeft protected	This property is now obsolete. Inherited from Control.
RepositoryItems	Provides access to the control’s internal repository of in-place editors. Inherited from EditorContainer.
ResizeRedraw protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. Inherited from Control.
Right	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeft	Gets or sets a value indicating whether control’s elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from Control.
ScaleChildren protected	Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls. Inherited from Control.
ScaleFactor	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from EditorContainer.
ServerMode	Obsolete. Gets whether server mode is enabled.
ShowFocusCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. Inherited from Control.
ShowKeyboardCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the user interface is in the appropriate state to show or hide keyboard accelerators. Inherited from Control.
ShowOnlyPredefinedDetails	Gets or sets whether the Grid Control displays only the relationships that exist in the GridControl.LevelTree.
Site	Gets or sets the site of the control. Inherited from Control.
Size	Gets or sets the height and width of the control. Inherited from Control.
TabIndex	Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. Inherited from Control.
TabStop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag	Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. Inherited from Control.
Text	Gets or sets the control’s text. Inherited from EditorContainer.
ToolTipController	Gets or sets the component that controls the behavior and appearance of hints displayed for a container control’s visual elements. Inherited from EditorContainer.
Top	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
TopLevelControl	Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. Inherited from Control.
UseDirectXPaint	Gets or sets whether the DirectX Hardware Acceleration is enabled for this Data Grid control.
UseDisabledStatePainter	Gets or sets whether the control is painted grayed out, when it’s in the disabled state.
UseEmbeddedNavigator	Gets or sets whether the embedded data navigator is visible.
UseWaitCursor	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. Inherited from Control.
ViewCollection	Provides access to the collection of Views in the grid’s View repository.
Views	Gets the collection of Views currently displayed by the grid control.
Visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. Inherited from Control.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the control. Inherited from Control.
WindowTarget	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.