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How to add a title or a heading bar to a grid, above all column headers?

created 10 years ago

Hi I need to add a title for the grid, like customer details, above the column headers. How to add a title or a heading bar to a grid, above all column headers?

Please can you give me a solution?

Thanks,
Rohini

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created 10 years ago

Hi Rohini,

You can accomplish this task by using the Banded Layout feature. Below is a code snippet illustrating how to use Bands in the GridControl.

XAML
<dxg:GridControl ItemsSource="{Binding}">  
    <dxg:GridControl.Bands>  
        <dxg:GridControlBand Header="Customer Details">  
            <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Name" />  
            <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Address" />  
        </dxg:GridControlBand>  
    </dxg:GridControl.Bands>  
    <dxg:GridControl.View>  
        <dxg:TableView />  
    </dxg:GridControl.View>  
</dxg:GridControl>

Please try this solution and let me know whether or not it meets your requirements.

Thanks,
Michael

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    RK RK
    Rohini Kakani 1 10 years ago

      Thanks, this works. Just one small thing though: how can I set the font for "Customer Details" band header to bold?

      RK RK
      Rohini Kakani 1 10 years ago

        Also, how to merge rows of the name column header? In the example you gave it is Name header is showing in two rows, can we make it look a little better by merging the rows and centering it?

        DevExpress Support Team 10 years ago

          Hi Rohini,
          Our DXGrid control doesn't support mixing band and column headers within one row. This means that the required layout cannot be created. The only way to do this is to "emulate" bands using additional columns. For example:

          XAML
          <dxg:GridControl.Bands>  
    <dxg:GridControlBand>  
        <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Name" HorizontalHeaderContentAlignment="Center" />  
    </dxg:GridControlBand>  
    <dxg:GridControlBand>  
        <dxg:GridColumn Header="Address" HorizontalHeaderContentAlignment="Center" />  
        <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="Current" HorizontalHeaderContentAlignment="Center" dxg:BandBase.GridRow="1"/>  
        <dxg:GridColumn FieldName="New" HorizontalHeaderContentAlignment="Center" dxg:BandBase.GridRow="1"/>  
    </dxg:GridControlBand>  
</dxg:GridControl.Bands>
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