CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs.DisplayText Property

Gets or sets the display text for the cell currently being processed.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public string DisplayText { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property DisplayText As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string representing the cell’s current display text.

Remarks

Initially the DisplayText property contains the text currently displayed in the cell. To provide custom text for the cell, assign it to this property.

The cell’s edit value can be obtained via the CustomColumnDisplayTextEventArgs.Value property.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-grid-richedit-highlight-search-results/CS/E4422/Form1.cs#L25

if (e.Column == colDescription && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(gridView1.FindFilterText)) {
    server.RtfText = e.DisplayText;
    e.DisplayText = server.Text;

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/CS/TutorialsCustomItems/CustomItems/SimpleTableItem.cs#L61

    DashboardFlatDataSource data = (DashboardFlatDataSource)grid.DataSource;
    e.DisplayText = data.GetDisplayText(e.Column.FieldName, e.ListSourceRowIndex);
}

winforms-dashboard-trend-line-indicators/CS/WinformsIndicator/Program.cs#L59

    DashboardFlatDataSource data = (DashboardFlatDataSource)grid.DataSource;
    e.DisplayText = data.GetDisplayText(e.Column.FieldName, e.ListSourceRowIndex);
}

VB.NET

winforms-grid-richedit-highlight-search-results/VB/E4422/Form1.vb#L24

If e.Column Is colDescription AndAlso Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(gridView1.FindFilterText) Then
    server.RtfText = e.DisplayText
    e.DisplayText = server.Text

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/VB/TutorialsCustomItems/CustomItems/SimpleTableItem.vb#L62

    Dim data As DashboardFlatDataSource = DirectCast(grid.DataSource, DashboardFlatDataSource)
    e.DisplayText = data.GetDisplayText(e.Column.FieldName, e.ListSourceRowIndex)
End Sub

winforms-dashboard-trend-line-indicators/VB/WinformsIndicator/Program.vb#L67

    Dim data As DashboardFlatDataSource = CType(grid.DataSource, DashboardFlatDataSource)
    e.DisplayText = data.GetDisplayText(e.Column.FieldName, e.ListSourceRowIndex)
End Sub