GridView.ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox(GridColumn) Method

Activates a built-in header search box for a specific column.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v23.2.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public void ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox(
    GridColumn column
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox(
    column As GridColumn
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
column	GridColumn	The target column.

Remarks

Use the GridView.OptionsFilter.InHeaderSearchMode property to enable built-in search boxes within the View’s column headers. Users can type text in the search boxes to filter against the columns.

The ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox method activates and focuses a search box within a specified column header.

The following example sets the search text for the Country column and then activates the search box.

C#

colCountry.SearchText = "Germany";
gridView1.ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox(colCountry);

VB.NET

colCountry.SearchText = "Germany"
GridView1.ShowInHeaderSearchTextBox(colCountry)

See the following topic for more information: GridView.OptionsFilter.InHeaderSearchMode.