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GridOptionsDetail.SmartDetailExpandButtonMode Property

Gets or sets a value which specifies the manner in which master-detail expand buttons are painted.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

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

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(DetailExpandButtonMode.Default)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public virtual DetailExpandButtonMode SmartDetailExpandButtonMode { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
DetailExpandButtonMode Default

A DetailExpandButtonMode enumeration value which specifies whether master-detail expand buttons are displayed grayed out when their associated details don’t contain any data.

Available values:

Name Description
Default

The same as the DetailExpandButtonMode.CheckDefaultDetail option.

AlwaysEnabled

Master-detail expand buttons are always displayed in black.

CheckDefaultDetail

Display master-detail expand buttons as grayed out if the default detail is empty.

The default detail is identified by the GridView.DefaultRelationIndex property

CheckAllDetails

Display master-detail expand buttons as grayed out if all details in the data source corresponding to a master row are empty. All details in the data source are checked, not only the details displayed by the Grid Control (see GridControl.ShowOnlyPredefinedDetails).

#Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type Path to SmartDetailExpandButtonMode
GridView
.OptionsDetail .SmartDetailExpandButtonMode
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