Built in Navigation in Windows Forms GridRecordNavigationControl

21 Jan 20252 minutes to read

The GridGrouping control provides four types of built-in navigation support to navigate between the first, last, previous, and next records.

Use case scenarios

When lots of records are in your application, this feature helps you to easily navigate to the required record.

METHOD DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS TYPE RETURN TYPE REFERENCE LINKS
MoveFirst() Navigate to the first record. N/A method void N/A.
MoveLast() Navigate to the last record. N/A method void N/A
MoveNext() Navigate to the next record. N/A method void N/A
MovePrevious() Navigate to the previous record. N/A method void N/A

A demo of this feature is available in the following location:

_\Syncfusion\EssentialStudio\[Version Number]\Windows\Grid.Grouping.Windows\Samples\Selection\Record Range Selection Demo_

Adding navigation Bar to the RecordNavigationControl

Follow the steps to add navigation bar:

  1. Enable navigation bar by setting the ShowNavigationBar property to true.

    this.gridGroupingControl1.ShowNavigationBar = true;
    Me.gridGroupingControl1.ShowNavigationBar = True

  2. Call the methods for navigation bar i.e. MoveFirst(), MoveLast(), MoveNext(), and MovePrevious() methods.

    //This property should set to true to show navigation bar.      
this.gridGroupingControl1.ShowNavigationBar = true;
   
//This method is used to navigate the first record.this.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveFirst();
   
//This method is used to navigate the last record.this.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveLast();
   
//This method is used to navigate the next record.this.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveNext();
   
//This method is used to navigate the previous record.    
 this.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MovePrevious();
    'This property should set to true to show the navigation bar.      
Me.gridGroupingControl1.ShowNavigationBar = True'This method is used to navigate the first record.   
Me.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveFirst()'This method is used to navigate the last record.   
Me.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveLast()'This method is used to navigate the next record. 
Me.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MoveNext()'This method is used to navigate the previous record.
Me.gridGroupingControl1.RecordNavigationBar.MovePrevious()

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