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WinExplorerView Class

Displays records using one of seven styles supported by Microsoft Windows Explorer — Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, List, Tiles, and Content. Supports HTML-CSS templates that allow you to override the default data presentation in these styles.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.WinExplorer

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v24.2.dll

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

#Declaration

public class WinExplorerView :
    ColumnView,
    IContextItemCollectionOwner,
    IContextItemCollectionOptionsOwner,
    ISupportAsyncScrollAnimation,
    IAccessibleGrid,
    IDxHtmlDesignerDataProvider,
    ISupportCommandBindingForElements<string>,
    IDxHtmlRepositoryOwner

The following members return WinExplorerView objects:

#Remarks

#Default Data Presentation

The WinExplorer View can emulate seven view styles supported by Microsoft Windows Explorer — Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, List, Tiles, and Content.

Run Demo: File Manager

Run Demo: WinExplorer View (DB)

Run Demo: Context Buttons

#HTML and CSS-based UI

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In v21.2 and newer, you can use HTML-CSS templates to override the default data presentation of items in these styles. HTML-CSS templates allow you to create custom layouts of data fields, and display any number of data fields in WinExplorerView items.

Run Demo: HTML MainDemo – WinExplorer View

WinExplorerView - HTML-CSS templates

See the following document for more information: WinExplorer View.

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