List Editors

• Jul 14, 2025
• 5 minutes to read

List Views are visualized by means of List Editors. A List Editor has a control that is used to display an object collection supplied by a List View. A List Editor handles the binding of its control and supports interaction between the List View and the control. Certain List Editors are used for all the List Views. You can change the List Editors used in a default UI, or customize them. This topic explains how to do this, and defines available List Editor types. For information on how to implement your own List Editor, refer to the ListEditor class description.

List Editors are abstract UI entities represented by ListEditor class descendants. The ListEditor class declares members common to all List Editors. These members define the basic List Editor functionality. To create actual controls, each List Editor type overrides the protected CreateControlCore method which is called when a List Editor needs to be displayed in a UI. Since different controls are used in ASP.NET Core Blazor, WinForms, and ASP.NET Web Forms applications, there are different List Editors implemented for ASP.NET Core Blazor, WinForms, and ASP.NET Web Forms UI, respectively. The following tables list the basic List Editors supplied by XAF.

List Editors in WinForms Applications

Name	Description
GridListEditor	The default List Editor used in XAF WinForms applications. This is the most common data visualization format in the form of a two-dimensional table.
CategorizedListEditor	Implemented in the TreeList Editors module. Displays data in the form of a two-dimensional table accompanied by the category tree.
ChartListEditor	Implemented in the Chart Module. Displays data in the form of a chart.
PivotGridListEditor	Implemented in the Pivot Grid Module. Displays data in the form of a pivot table that can be accompanied by a chart.
SchedulerListEditor	Implemented in the Scheduler module. Designed to present and manage scheduling information in XAF WinForms applications.
TreeListEditor	Implemented in the TreeList Editors module. Displays data in the form of a tree-like structure.

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List Editors in ASP.NET Web Forms Applications

Name	Description
ASPxGridListEditor	The default List Editor used in XAF ASP.NET Web Forms applications. This is the most common data visualization format in the form of a two-dimensional table.
ASPxChartListEditor	Implemented in the Chart Module. Displays data in the form of a chart.
ASPxPivotGridListEditor	Implemented in the Pivot Grid Module. Displays data in the form of a pivot table that can be accompanied by a chart.
ASPxSchedulerListEditor	Implemented in the Scheduler module. Designed to present and manage scheduling information in XAF ASP.NET Web Forms applications.
ASPxTreeListEditor	Implemented in the TreeList Editors module. Displays data in the form of a tree-like structure.
WebMapsListEditor	Implemented in the Maps Module. Displays data in the form of a map with markers in XAF ASP.NET Web Forms applications.

List Editors in ASP.NET Core Blazor Applications

Name	Description
DxGridListEditor	Displays data in the form of a two-dimensional table. To display object collections, the DxGridListEditor uses the DxGrid component.
DxTreeListEditor	Displays data in the form of a two-dimensional table with nested rows. To display object collections, the DxTreeListEditor uses the DxTreeList component.
DevExpress.ExpressApp.Scheduler.Blazor.SchedulerBlazorModule	Implemented in the Scheduler module. Designed to display and manage scheduling information in XAF ASP.NET Core Blazor applications.
DxChartListEditor	Displays data in the form of a chart.

Customize List Editors

This section contains the most common ways to customize List Editors.

• Change the List Editor for a particular List View

  In the Model Editor, navigate to the Views | <ListView> node and set the EditorType property to the required List Editor’s type:

  

• Change the default List Editor for all List Views

  In the Model Editor, navigate to the Views node and set the DefaultListEditor property to the required List Editor’s type:

  

• Customize a particular List Editor’s control

  The examples below demonstrate how to customize a List Editor’s control:

  How to: Access the Grid Component in a List View

  How to: Configure Bands in a Grid List Editor (WinForms and ASP.NET Web Forms)

  How to: Extend the Application Model

  How to: Hide the Edit Action Column from a ListView in an ASP.NET Web Forms Application

  How to: Specify the Map Center Using Human-Readable Location Instead of Numeric Coordinates

• Implement a custom List Editor

  You can use a custom List Editor if XAF’s built-in List Editors do not meet your requirements. The following articles describe how to create a List Editor and use it to implement additional functionality:

  ListEditor

  How to Access XafApplication and Collection Source from a custom List Editor

  How to: Implement a Custom WinForms List Editor

  How to: Support a Context Menu for a Custom WinForms List Editor

  How to: Implement an ASP.NET Web Forms List Editor Using a Custom Control

  How to: Implement an ASP.NET Core Blazor List Editor Using a Custom Control