ColumnViewOptionsView.ShowViewCaption Property

Gets or sets whether the View Caption is displayed above the View.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public virtual bool ShowViewCaption { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Overridable Property ShowViewCaption As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	**false**	true if the View Caption is displayed above the View; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to ShowViewCaption
AdvBandedGridView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
BandedGridView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
ColumnView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
CardView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
GridView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
LayoutView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
TileView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption
WinExplorerView	.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption

Remarks

View Captions display the BaseView.ViewCaption property’s value.

In the following image, the ShowViewCaption property is set to true, for the main and detail Views. The BaseView.ViewCaption property for these Views is set to “Categories” and “Products” respectively.

C#

gridView1.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = true;
gridView1.ViewCaption = "Categories";
gridView2.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = true;
gridView2.ViewCaption = "Products";

VB.NET

GridView1.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = True
GridView1.ViewCaption = "Categories"
GridView2.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = True
GridView2.ViewCaption = "Products"

Use the ColumnViewAppearances.ViewCaption property to customize the appearance settings of the View Caption.