GridView Class
Displays data in a tabular form.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v21.1.dll
NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Design, DevExpress.Win.Grid
Declaration
public class GridView :
ColumnView,
IGridDesignTime,
IDataControllerRelationSupport,
IEditFormOwner,
IDataControllerValidationSupport,
IAccessibleGrid,
IGridLookUp,
ISummaryItemsOwner,
IScrollBarAnnotationsOwner<ScrollAnnotationKind>,
IScrollBarOwner,
IExternalRowsProvider,
IDataControllerDetailClient,
IAccessibleFooterPanelOwner,
ISupportAsyncScrollAnimationRemarks
Grid View displays data source data as a table. Columns represent dataset fields and ordinal rows represent dataset records. Grid Views can group, sort and filter its data, show total summaries, group summaries and preview sections. Most of these data representation features can be applied by end-users at runtime. For this purpose, Grid Views provide specially designed context menus.
GridView - Data Grouping
GridView - Two Dimensional Table
GridView - Conditional Formatting
GridView - Cell Merging
GridView - Row Auto Height
You can also use this View to implement master-detail data presentation. Note that this type of data representation is only possible if the master data is displayed by a GridView (or its descendant).
If you need to create bands to group columns logically and to allow operations on groups of columns, use the BandedGridView View. If you need to arrange column headers and corresponding data cells into multiple rows, use the AdvBandedGridView View. Note that these Views are GridView descendants and inherit all data representation features.
Refer to the Columns topic for additional information.
Example
The following example creates a GridControl at runtime and shows how to perform basic customization tasks:
- Bind the grid to a data source
- Access the View that presents the underlying data
- Access columns
- Assign an in-place editor (a combobox) to a column
- Sort and group data
- Calculate total and group summaries
- Create a filter
- Hide columns and calculate column “best” widths
- Expand group rows
- Focus a specific cell
- Specify DataAnnotation attributes (column display names and data formats) at the data source level
using DevExpress.Data;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
GridControl gridControl1 = new GridControl();
gridControl1.Parent = this;
gridControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
gridControl1.DataSource = DataHelper.GetData(30);
// The grid automatically creates columns for the public fields found in the data source.
// Calling the gridView1.PopulateColumns method is not required unless the gridView1.OptionsBehavior.AutoPopulateColumns is disabled
// The grid automatically creates a GridView that presents the underlying data as a two-dimensional table.
GridView gridView1 = gridControl1.MainView as GridView;
// Obtain created columns.
GridColumn colCompany = gridView1.Columns["CompanyName"];
GridColumn colID = gridView1.Columns["ID"];
GridColumn colDate = gridView1.Columns["RequiredDate"];
GridColumn colPayment = gridView1.Columns["Value"];
GridColumn colProcessed = gridView1.Columns["Processed"];
// The Company column uses a ComboBox in-place editor that shows a list of available companies.
RepositoryItemComboBox riComboBox = new RepositoryItemComboBox();
riComboBox.Items.AddRange(DataHelper.companies);
gridControl1.RepositoryItems.Add(riComboBox);
colCompany.ColumnEdit = riComboBox;
// Hide a column.
colID.Visible = false;
//Group and sort data.
colCompany.GroupIndex = 0;
colDate.SortIndex = 0;
colDate.SortOrder = DevExpress.Data.ColumnSortOrder.Descending;
//Show group columns in the table.
gridView1.OptionsView.ShowGroupedColumns = true;
// Expand group rows.
gridView1.ExpandAllGroups();
// Apply a filter.
gridView1.ActiveFilterString = "[RequiredDate]>= #" + DateTime.Today.ToString() + "#";
//Calculate two total summaries.
colDate.Summary.Add(SummaryItemType.Count, colDate.FieldName, "Count={0}");
colDate.Summary.Add(SummaryItemType.Max, colDate.FieldName, "Max={0:d}");
gridView1.OptionsView.ShowFooter = true;
//Calculate group summaries.
GridGroupSummaryItem item = new GridGroupSummaryItem();
item.FieldName = colCompany.FieldName;
item.SummaryType = DevExpress.Data.SummaryItemType.Count;
gridView1.GroupSummary.Add(item);
GridGroupSummaryItem item1 = new GridGroupSummaryItem();
item1.FieldName = colPayment.FieldName;
item1.SummaryType = SummaryItemType.Sum;
item1.DisplayFormat = "group total={0:c2}";
item1.ShowInGroupColumnFooter = colPayment;
gridView1.GroupSummary.Add(item1);
// Forcibly move group footer summaries to positions in group rows under corresponding column headers.
gridView1.OptionsBehavior.AlignGroupSummaryInGroupRow = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
// Focus a specific cell.
gridView1.FocusedRowHandle = 1;
gridView1.FocusedColumn = colCompany;
// Optimize column widths.
colDate.BestFit();
colProcessed.BestFit();
}
}
public class Record : INotifyPropertyChanged {
public Record() {
}
int id;
public int ID {
get { return id; }
set {
if (id != value) {
id = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
string text;
[DisplayName("Company")]
public string CompanyName {
get { return text; }
set {
if (text != value) {
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
throw new Exception();
text = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
Nullable<decimal> val;
[DataType(DataType.Currency)]
[DisplayName("Payment")]
public Nullable<decimal> Value {
get { return val; }
set {
if (val != value) {
val = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
DateTime dt;
[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "d")]
public DateTime RequiredDate {
get { return dt; }
set {
if (dt != value) {
dt = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
bool state;
public bool Processed {
get { return state; }
set {
if (state != value) {
state = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public override string ToString() {
return string.Format("ID = {0}, Text = {1}", ID, CompanyName);
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "") {
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
public class DataHelper {
public static string[] companies = new string[] { "Hanari Carnes", "Que Delícia", "Romero y tomillo", "Mère Paillarde",
"Comércio Mineiro", "Reggiani Caseifici", "Maison Dewey" };
public static BindingList<Record> GetData(int count) {
BindingList<Record> records = new BindingList<Record>();
Random rnd = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
int n = rnd.Next(10);
records.Add(new Record() {
ID = i + 100,
CompanyName = companies[i % companies.Length],
RequiredDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(n - 5),
Value = i % 2 == 0 ? (i + 1) * 123 : i * 231,
Processed = i % 2 == 0,
});
};
return records;
}
}
}
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