Class GridColumn

Serves as the base class for the different column types of the SfDataGrid control.

Inheritance

System.Object

GridColumn

GridDateTimeColumn

GridEditorColumn

GridImageColumn

GridPickerColumn

GridSwitchColumn

GridTextColumn

Implements

System.IDisposable

Namespace: Syncfusion.SfDataGrid

Assembly: Syncfusion.SfDataGrid.Android.dll

Syntax

public abstract class GridColumn : Object, IDisposable

Remarks

This abstract class provides the base functionality for all SfDataGrid columns.

Constructors

GridColumn()

Initializes a new instance of the GridColumn class.

Declaration

public GridColumn()

Properties

ActualWidth

Gets the actual width of the grid column.

Declaration

public double ActualWidth { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The actual width of the grid column.

AllowEditing

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to enable/disable editing for a column. The user can enable or disable editing for particular column by using this property.

Declaration

public bool AllowEditing { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if editing for the column is enabled, otherwise false. The default value is false.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.AllowEditing = false;

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/editing#column-editing

AllowSorting

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the column can be sorted or not.

Declaration

public bool AllowSorting { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if sorting for the column is enabled, otherwise false. The default value is true.

Remarks

SfDataGrid allows sorting for the column only when both AllowSorting and AllowSorting is true. This enables the user to restrict a particular column from being sorted by setting AllowSorting as false.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.AllowSorting = false;

CellTextSize

Gets or sets the font size for the content of record cells in the column. The font size for the content of record cells in the GridColumn can be customized by using this property.

Declaration

public float CellTextSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Single	The font size for the content of record cells in the column. The default value is 14.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    CellTextSize = 12
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#celltextsize

CellType

Gets or sets the cell type of the GridColumn. This property is used to identify the type of the column. This property must be specified with a string value when creating a custom column extending from the base class.

Declaration

public string CellType { get; protected set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The CellType of the GridColumn.

Remarks

SfDataGrid enables the user to create their own column type when the available column type does not meet his requirements. The user must set the CellType of the grid column to the type of UIElement to be loaded in the grid cell. It is mandatory to create a custom cell renderer for the custom column created and it must be added in the CellRenderers collection. The user can handle his customizations in the custom renderer class implementing the GridVirtualizingCellRenderer<T1, T2>.

Examples

StepperColumn stepperColumn = new StepperColumn();
stepperColumn.MappingName = "OrderID";
DataGrid.Columns.Add(stepperColumn);

DataGrid.CellRenderers.Add("Stepper", new StepperColumnRenderer());

//StepperColumn.cs
public class StepperColumn : GridColumn
{

    public StepperColumn()
    {
        CellType = "Stepper";
    }

}

//StepperColumnRenderer.cs
public class StepperColumnRenderer : GridVirtualizingCellRenderer<Stepper,Stepper>
{

}

ColumnSizer

Gets or sets the value that indicates how the column width is determined.

Declaration

public ColumnSizer ColumnSizer { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColumnSizer	One of the ColumnSizer enumeration that adjust the column width. The default value is none.

Examples

GridNumericColumn numericColumn = new GridNumericColumn();
numericColumn.ColumnSizer = ColumnSizer.Star;

CultureInfo

Gets or sets the Culture used for formatting the content of record cells in the column. SfDataGrid enables the user to apply different culture to the records in the cells by setting this property.

Declaration

public CultureInfo CultureInfo { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	The Culture used for formatting the content of record cells in the column.

Remarks

SfDataGrid allows you to apply different System.Globalization.CultureInfo for the GridColumns by using this property. Assign the FormatString to this property based on the type of the property the column is associated with to format the value. The user can use different StringFormats to customize the value displayed in the record cells.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    Format = "C",
    CultureInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US")
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#formatting-gridtextcolumn-with-different-culture

Format

Gets or sets a value that indicates the format applied for the content of record cells in the column. SfDataGrid enables the user to apply Format for the records in the cells by setting this property.

SfDataGrid enables the user to populate the data for the GridUnboundColumn using this property. This property enables the user to format the values of other columns and display the formatted value in unbound column.

Declaration

public string Format { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The format applied to the record in the cells.

Remarks

SfDataGrid enables the user to apply Format for the records in the cells by setting this property. Assign the FormatString to this property based on the type of the property the GridColumn is associated with to format the value.

SfDataGrid enables the user to populate the data for the GridUnboundColumn using this property. This property enables the user to format the values of other columns and display the formatted value in unbound column.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "ShippingDate",
    Format = "dd/MM/yyyy"
    });

GridUnboundColumn DiscountColumn = new GridUnboundColumn()
{
    MappingName = "DiscountPrice",
    HeaderText = "Discount Price",
    Format = "'{Discount}% for {OrderID}'"
};
DataGrid.Columns.Add(DiscountColumn);

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#formatting

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/unbound-column#using-format

GroupMode

Gets or sets a value that decides whether grouping is processed based on display value or edit value or value in the underlying collection of the column.

Declaration

public DataReflectionMode GroupMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DataReflectionMode	The DataReflectionMode that decides whether grouping is processed based on display value or edit value or value in the underlying collection of the column. The default value is Default.

Remarks

By default, column grouping occurs based on the value in the underlying collection thereby creating a new group for each new value of that column. SfDataGrid also allows the user to group a column either on the display value or edit value of the column using this property.

Examples

GridNumericColumn cargoWeight = new GridTextColumn();
cargoWeight.MappingName = "ShipmentWeight";
cargoWeight.GroupMode = Syncfusion.Data.DataReflectionMode.Display;
cargoWeight.Format = "#";

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/grouping#group-mode

HeaderCellTextSize

Gets or sets the font size for the content of header cell in the column. The font size for the Content of header cell in the GridColumn can be customized by using the this property.

Declaration

public float HeaderCellTextSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Single	The font size for the content of header cell in the column. The default value is 14.

Remarks

The font size for the content of header cell in the GridColumn can be customized by using the this property. However this property will not work if HeaderTemplate is used for a column.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    HeaderCellTextSize = 16
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#headercelltextsize

HeaderFont

Gets or sets the font for the content of header cell in the column. The Font for the content of header cells in the GridColumn can be customized by using this property.

Declaration

public Typeface HeaderFont { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Android.Graphics.Typeface	The font for the content of header cell in the column. The default value is "Roboto-Bold".

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    HeaderFont = Typeface.Create(Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Application.Context.Assets, "Roboto-Regular.ttf"), TypefaceStyle.Normal);
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#headerfont

HeaderTemplate

Gets or sets the view used to display the header of the current column. SfDataGrid allows you to customize the header cell based on your requirement by using this property.

Declaration

public View HeaderTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Android.Views.View	The view used to display the header of the current column.

Examples

TextView textView = new TextView(this);
textView.Text = "OrderID";
textView.SetBackgroundColor(Color.Gray);

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn()
{
    MappingName = "OrderID",
    HeaderTemplate = textView
};

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#headertemplate

HeaderText

Gets or sets the display text of the column header.

Declaration

public string HeaderText { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The display text of the column header. The default value of header text is the MappingName of the column.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.MappingName = "OrderID";
column.HeaderText = "Order ID";

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#headertext

HeaderTextAlignment

Gets or sets the text alignment for the header cell in the column.

Declaration

public GravityFlags HeaderTextAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Android.Views.GravityFlags	The text alignment for the header cell in the column. The default value is Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    HeaderTextAlignment = GravityFlags.Left;
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#headertextalignment

HeaderTextMargin

Gets or sets the padding applied to the header cells in the column.

Declaration

public Thickness HeaderTextMargin { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Thickness	The padding applied to the header cells in the column.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.HeaderTextMargin = new Thickness(10,5,10,5);

IsHidden

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the visibility of the column. SfDataGrid allows you to hide a particular column using this property.

Declaration

public bool IsHidden { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the column is hidden, otherwise false. The default value is false.

Remarks

SfDataGrid allows you to hide a particular column by two ways, the user can either set IsHidden property as true or set Width as 0.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    IsHidden = true
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#ishidden

LineBreakMode

Gets or sets the LineBreakMode for the cells in the column. The user can customize the line breaking mode of SfDataGrid by using this property. By default, the word will be wrapped in the record cells, when the text for the record cells exceeds the content area.

Declaration

public LineBreakMode LineBreakMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
LineBreakMode	The LineBreakMode for the cells in the column. The default value is WordWrap

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    LineBreakMode = LineBreakMode.NoWrap;
    });

LoadUIView

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to load UIView or draw cell value in Android.

Declaration

public bool LoadUIView { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if UIView is loaded in the grid cell, otherwise false. The default value is false for Android platform and true for iOS platforms.

Remarks

By default, SfDataGrid draws the value in the cell for Android platform. The user can customize the SfDataGrid to load the UIElement for android platform, by setting LoadUIView as true.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.LoadUIView = true;

MappingName

Gets or sets the mapping name that associates the column with a property in the bound data source.

Declaration

public string MappingName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	The mapping name that associates the column with a property in the data source.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.MappingName = "OrderID";

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#mappingname

MaximumWidth

Gets or sets the upper bound for the width of the column.

Declaration

public double MaximumWidth { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The maximum width constraint of the column. The default value is double.NaN.

Remarks

When AllowResizingColumn is enabled, the column can be resized from MinimumWidth to MaximumWidth. Hence, using this property the user can restrict the minimum width the column can be resized.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    MaximumWidth = 200
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/columns#resizing-columns

MinimumWidth

Gets or sets the lower bound for the width of the column.

Declaration

public double MinimumWidth { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The minimum width constraint of the column. The default value is 20 .

Remarks

When AllowResizingColumn is enabled, the column can be resized from MinimumWidth to MaximumWidth. Hence, using this property the user can restrict the minimum width the column can be resized.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    MinimumWidth = 30
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/columns#resizing-columns

RecordFont

Gets or sets the font for the content of record cells in the column. The font for the content of record cells in the GridColumn can be customized by using this property.

Declaration

public Typeface RecordFont { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Android.Graphics.Typeface	The font for the content of record cells in the column. The default value is "Roboto-Regular".

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    RecordFont = Typeface.Create(Typeface.CreateFromAsset(Application.Context.Assets, "Roboto-Regular.ttf"), TypefaceStyle.Normal);
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#recordfont

SortMode

Gets or sets a value�that decides�whether sorting calculation is processed based on display value in case of indexer and complex properties or default value in case of CLR properties
of the column.

Declaration

public DataReflectionMode SortMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DataReflectionMode	The DataReflectionMode that decides�whether sorting calculation is processed based on display value or default value. The default value is Default.

Remarks

By default, the sorting for the column will be calculalted using DataReflectionMode Defaultonly.
For complex properties use DataReflectionMode.Display to fetch values using custom logic. For simple CLR properties use DataReflectionMode.Default to fetch values using default logic.

Examples

GridTextColumn cargoWeight = new GridTextColumn();
cargoWeight.MappingName = "ShipmentWeight";
cargoWeight.SortMode = Syncfusion.Data.DataReflectionMode.Display;

TextAlignment

Gets or sets the text alignment for the record cells in the column.

Declaration

public GravityFlags TextAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Android.Views.GravityFlags	The text alignment for the record cells in the column. The default value is Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center.

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    TextAlignment = GravityFlags.Left;
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#textalignment

TextMargin

Gets or sets the padding applied to the record cells in the column.

Declaration

public Thickness TextMargin { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Thickness	The padding applied to the record cells in the column.

Examples

GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn();
column.TextMargin = new Thickness(10,5,10,5);

UserCellType

Gets or sets the UserCellType of the grid column. This property is used when the user needs a template column. The user can create a template column to load the content of the cell in the GridColumns with your own view by creating custom GridCell to render in the column.

Declaration

public Type UserCellType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Type	The type of the cell in which the content of the cell is displayed.

Examples

GridTextColumn customerIdColumn = new GridTextColumn ();
customerIdColumn.UserCellType = typeof(CustomCell);
customerIdColumn.MappingName = "CustomerID";
customerIdColumn.HeaderText = "Customer ID";
DataGrid.Columns.Add(customerIdColumn);

//CustomCell.cs
public class CustomCell : GridCell
{

}

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#templatecolumn

Width

Gets or sets the column width. The user can customize the column width by using this property. By default, this property will not be assigned any value and the GridColumn renders in view based on the value of DefaultColumnWidth property.

Declaration

public double Width { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Double	The width of the column. The default value is System.Double.NaN

Examples

DataGrid.Columns.Add (new GridTextColumn () { 
    MappingName = "Freight",
    Width = 100
    });

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types#column-width

Methods

CanEditCell()

Determines whether the column is editable.

Declaration

protected virtual bool CanEditCell()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns true if all the cells with in the column is editable .

Dispose()

Releases the resources used by the component.

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Dispose(Boolean)

Releases the unmanaged resources used by the component and optionally releases the managed resources.

Declaration

protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing	if true - release both managed and unmanaged resources; if false - release only unmanaged resources.

GetFormattedValue(Object)

Gets the Formatted value for the content of a record cell in the column based on the Format and CultureInfo of the column.

Declaration

public virtual object GetFormattedValue(object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The actual value of the record cell in the column.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object	The formatted value based on the Format and CultureInfo properties of the column.

SetGrid(SfDataGrid)

Sets the reference of the SfDataGrid.

Declaration

protected void SetGrid(SfDataGrid grid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SfDataGrid	grid	The SfDataGrid.

Implements

System.IDisposable

See Also

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin-android/sfdatagrid/column-types