Grid Lines Customization in WinUI TreeGrid

25 Apr 20227 minutes to read

SfTreeGrid allows you to customize the grid lines visibility to vertical, horizontal, both or none. To achieve this, use the following properties.

SfTreeGrid.GridLinesVisibility: To set the border lines for the cells other than header and stacked header cells.
SfTreeGrid.HeaderLinesVisibility: To set the border lines only for header and stacked header cells.

The following are the list of options available to customize grid lines visibility,

  • Both
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
  • None

Record rows

Both

The GridLinesVisibility.Both displays the TreeGrid with both horizontal and vertical grid lines.

xmlns:treeGrid="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.TreeGrid"

<treeGrid:SfTreeGrid  x:Name="sfTreeGrid"
                      AutoExpandMode="RootNodesExpanded"
                      AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                      GridLinesVisibility="Both"
                      ChildPropertyName="Children"
                      ColumnWidthMode="AutoWithLastColumnFill"
                      ExpanderColumn="FirstName"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Persons}"/>
this.sfTreeGrid.GridLinesVisibility = GridLinesVisibility.Both;

GridLinesVisibility in WinUI TreeGrid

Horizontal

The GridLinesVisibility.Horizontal displays the TreeGrid with horizontal grid lines only.

xmlns:treeGrid="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.TreeGrid"

<treeGrid:SfTreeGrid  x:Name="sfTreeGrid"
                      AutoExpandMode="RootNodesExpanded"
                      AutoGenerateColumns="True"
                      GridLinesVisibility="Horizontal"
                      ChildPropertyName="Children"
                      ColumnWidthMode="AutoWithLastColumnFill"
                      ExpanderColumn="FirstName"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Persons}"/>
this.sfTreeGrid.GridLinesVisibility = GridLinesVisibility.Horizontal;

Horizontal GridLinesVisibility in WinUI TreeGrid

Vertical

The GridLinesVisibility.Vertical displays the TreeGrid with vertical grid lines only.

xmlns:treeGrid="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.TreeGrid"

<treeGrid:SfTreeGrid  x:Name="sfTreeGrid"
                      AutoExpandMode="RootNodesExpanded"
                      AutoGenerateColumns="True"
                      GridLinesVisibility="Vertical"
                      ChildPropertyName="Children"
                      ColumnWidthMode="AutoWithLastColumnFill"
                      ExpanderColumn="FirstName"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Persons}"/>
this.sfTreeGrid.GridLinesVisibility = GridLinesVisibility.Vertical;

Vertical GridLinesVisibility in WinUI TreeGrid

None

GridLinesVisibility.None displays the TreeGrid without grid lines. By default GridLinesVisibility value set as None.

xmlns:treeGrid="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.TreeGrid"

<treeGrid:SfTreeGrid  x:Name="sfTreeGrid"
                      Height="514"
                      Width="800"
                      Margin="5"
                      VerticalAlignment="Top"
                      AutoExpandMode="RootNodesExpanded"
                      AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                      GridLinesVisibility="None"
                      ChildPropertyName="Children"
                      ColumnWidthMode="AutoWithLastColumnFill"
                      ExpanderColumn="FirstName"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Persons}"/>
this.sfTreeGrid.GridLinesVisibility = GridLinesVisibility.None;

None GridLinesVisibility in WinUI TreeGrid

Header rows

You can customize the TreeGrid header lines visibility by using the SfTreeGrid.HeaderLinesVisibility property. You can also customize the header lines visibility to horizontal, vertical, none or both. By default HeaderLinesVisibility value set as Both.

xmlns:treeGrid="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.TreeGrid"

<treeGrid:SfTreeGrid  x:Name="sfTreeGrid"
                      AutoExpandMode="RootNodesExpanded"
                      AutoGenerateColumns="True"
                      HeaderLinesVisibility="Horizontal"
                      ChildPropertyName="Children"
                      ColumnWidthMode="AutoWithLastColumnFill"
                      ExpanderColumn="FirstName"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Persons}"/>
this.sfTreeGrid.HeaderLinesVisibility = GridLinesVisibility.Horizontal;

Horizontal HeaderLinesVisibility in WinUI TreeGrid

Limitations

  • Grid lines customization are not supported for RowHeader.