RadControls for WinForms

The Columns in RadGridView are the fundamental meta-objects for data source representation. They provide the structure according to which rows are composed. The term cell is often used interchangeably with column, although many consider it more correct to use cell to refer specifically to the single item that exists at the intersection between a row and a column (see Rows and Cells topics for more information on these objects).

This chapter gives you detailed information about the RadGridView columns. The covered topics are:

• GridViewColumn Base Class
• GridViewDataColumn Base Class
• Column types:
  1. GridViewCheckBoxColumn
  2. GridViewCommandColumn
  3. GridViewDateTimeColumn
  4. GridViewDecimalColumn
  5. GridViewImageColumn
  6. GridViewTextBoxColumn
  7. GridViewComboBoxColumn
  8. GridViewMultiComboBoxColumn
  9. GridViewMaskBoxColumn
• Generating columns - define columns programmatically or automatically (Auto-generated and manually added columns)
• Data type conversion – convert your data using the data conversion layer
• Accessing and Iterating through Columns – accessing and iterating through columns and hierarchical columns
• Column expressions - find out more about the supported aggregate functions and calculated columns
• Resizing Columns – everything about the different sizing modes
• Pinned columns - find out how to pin/unpin columns or how to disable this functionality
• Column Chooser - find out how to hide or show columns
• Column text properties

  - WrapText: wraps text if the text is wider than the column width.

  - TextAlignment: defines the text alignment.