Programmatically Scrolling a Column into View in DataGrid for MAUI

Updated over 6 months ago

Environment

Version	Product	Author
11.0.1	Telerik UI for .NET MAUI DataGrid	Dobrinka Yordanova

Description

I want to programmatically scroll a column into view in the DataGrid for MAUI. The ScrollItemIntoView method appears to scroll rows into view but does not provide functionality for columns.

This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:

• How can I scroll to a specific column programmatically in MAUI DataGrid?
• Is there a way to scroll columns into view using reflection?
• How do I use the ScrollColumnIntoView method in MAUI DataGrid?

Solution

Use the internal ScrollColumnIntoView method via reflection. Below is an example implementation triggered by a button click.

1. Access the column you want to scroll into view from the Columns collection.
2. Use reflection to access the internal ScrollColumnIntoView method.
3. Invoke the method using the required column as an argument.

csharp

private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Access the desired column; adjust the index as needed.
    var column = this.grid.Columns[3];

    // Use reflection to get the internal ScrollColumnIntoView method.
    MethodInfo getScrollToColumn = this.grid.GetType().GetMethod("ScrollColumnIntoView", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);

    // Invoke the method to scroll the specified column into view.
    getScrollToColumn.Invoke(this.grid, new object[] { column });
}

See Also

• DataGrid for MAUI Overview
• Reflection in C#