LayoutGroup.AddGroup(BaseLayoutItem, InsertType) Method

Creates a new group at a position relative to an item within the current group.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public LayoutGroup AddGroup(
    BaseLayoutItem baseItem,
    InsertType insertType
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddGroup(
    baseItem As BaseLayoutItem,
    insertType As InsertType
) As LayoutGroup

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
baseItem	BaseLayoutItem	A BaseLayoutItem descendant (owned by the current group) next to which a new group is inserted.
insertType	InsertType	The position of the new group relative to the baseItem.

Returns

Type	Description
LayoutGroup	The newly created layout group.

Remarks

The following sample code uses the AddGroup method to create a new group that is positioned to the right of the first item within the parentGroup:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraLayout;
using DevExpress.XtraLayout.Utils;
// ...

LayoutControlGroup newGroup = parentGroup.AddGroup(parentGroup.Items[0], InsertType.Right);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraLayout
Imports DevExpress.XtraLayout.Utils
' ...

Dim newGroup As LayoutControlGroup = _
    parentGroup.AddGroup(parentGroup.Items(0), InsertType.Right)