ColumnView.FindPanelItems Property

Gets settings that allow you to display custom items within the Find Panel.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.1.dll

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

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public FindControlItems FindPanelItems { get; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
<DXCategory("Behavior")>
Public ReadOnly Property FindPanelItems As FindControlItems

Property Value

Type	Description
FindControlItems	Contains settings that allow you to display custom items within the Find Panel.

Remarks

You can use the following methods to add buttons, check buttons, or other controls within the Find Panel:

• AddButton
• AddCheckButton
• AddControl

Run Demo: Find Panel

The following code sample adds a check button that switches the ColumnView.OptionsFind.Behavior property at runtime:

C#

void button_AddCheck_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    var checkItem = gridView1.FindPanelItems.AddCheckButton(
        "btnBehavior",
        "Filter",
        false,
        (s, args) => {
            CheckButton checkButton = s as CheckButton;
            gridView1.OptionsFind.Behavior = checkButton.Checked ? FindPanelBehavior.Search : FindPanelBehavior.Filter;
            checkButton.Text = checkButton.Checked ? "Search" : "Filter";
        }
    );
    checkItem.ImageOptions.ImageUri.Uri = "Filter;Size16x16;Svg";
}

VB.NET

Private Sub button_AddCheck_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    Dim checkItem = gridView1.FindPanelItems.AddCheckButton(
        "btnBehavior", 
        "Filter", 
        False, 
        Function(s, args)
            Dim checkButton As CheckButton = TryCast(s, CheckButton)
            gridView1.OptionsFind.Behavior = If(checkButton.Checked, FindPanelBehavior.Search, FindPanelBehavior.Filter)
            checkButton.Text = If(checkButton.Checked, "Search", "Filter")
        End Function)
    checkItem.ImageOptions.ImageUri.Uri = "Filter;Size16x16;Svg"
End Sub

The AutoHeight property specifies whether to adjust the height of added items to match the Find Panel height or stretch the panel to display controls in their original size.

RemoveItem and RemoveItems methods allow you to remove custom items from the Find Panel:

C#

void button_Remove_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    gridView1.FindPanelItems.RemoveItem("btnBehavior");
}

VB.NET

Private Sub button_Remove_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    gridView1.FindPanelItems.RemoveItem("btnBehavior")
End Sub

Usage Notes

• The Find Panel sets the GridViewOptionsFind.FindPanelLocation property to Panel when you add custom items.
• Controls added through the FindPanelItems property do not save and restore their layout.
• The GridControl automatically hides the Find Panel if it occupies half the grid space. This can occur when you add a large control to the panel with the AutoHeight option disabled.
• RemoveItem and RemoveItems methods do not remove items with blank ("") names.
• Do not add items with the same name, even though Add.. methods allow this action.