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LayoutGroup.AddGroup(String, BaseLayoutItem, InsertType) Method

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

public LayoutGroup AddGroup(
    string text,
    BaseLayoutItem baseItem,
    InsertType insertType
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
text String

A String value that specifies the group’s caption. This value is assigned to the BaseLayoutItem.Text property.

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:

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

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