ColumnView.CanGroupColumn(GridColumn) Method

Indicates whether grouping by a specific column is enabled.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v23.2.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public virtual bool CanGroupColumn(
    GridColumn column
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function CanGroupColumn(
    column As GridColumn
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
column	GridColumn	A GridColumn object specifying the tested column.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if rows can be grouped by specific column values; otherwise, false.

Remarks

For Card Views, the CanGroupColumn method always returns false.

For the GridView and its descendants, the method returns true if the following conditions are met:

• records can be sorted by specified column values (this is determined by the ColumnView.CanSortColumn method);
• the View’s GridOptionsCustomization.AllowGroup option is set to true;
• the specified column’s OptionsColumn.AllowGroup options are set to true.

Note that grouping cannot be applied to columns displaying certain data types (images, binary data etc.).