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WinForms GridView Structure Overview

Row

Each row in RadGridView is represented by GridRowElement class.

WinForms RadGridView Row

HeaderRow

The header element is represented by GridHeaderRowElement class.

WinForms RadGridView HeaderRow

NewRow

Depending on the value of GridViewTemplate.AddNewRowPosition property, the new row element appears below the header row or after the data rows.

WinForms RadGridView NewRow

FilteringRow

FilteringRow appears automatically when you have Filtering enabled by EnableFiltering or GridViewTemplate.EnableFiltering properties.

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GridViewIndentColumn

This column appears when the grid data is grouped or there is a hierarchical structure to facilitate the expand/collapse functionality. The expand column is always placed in front of all other grid content columns and cannot be moved.

WinForms RadGridView GridViewIndentColumn

GridViewDataColumn

Displays a column bound to a field in a data source.

WinForms RadGridView GridViewDataColumn

MasterTemplate

MasterTemplate is the top most GridViewTemplate in the hierarchical structure which stores the columns and rows at the root grid level. It contains all inner GridViewTemplates(GridViewTemplate.Templates collection). When there is no hierarchical structure, only the MasterTemplate is displayed.

WinForms RadGridView MasterTemplate

GridViewTemplate

GridViewTemplate is a basic class containing settings for a single level of the hierarchical structure.

WinForms RadGridView GridViewTemplate

GroupPanel

When you want to enable the group-by functionality for the end-user, you need to set RadGridView.GroupingEnabled to true and GridViewTemplate.EnableGrouping.  If you want to prevent the end-user to drag column header into the GroupPanel, set GridViewTemplate.AllowDragToGroup to falseRadGridView.ShowGroupPanel shows/hides the group panel. You can access the group panel using RadGridView.GridElement.HeaderElement.GroupPanel property. 

WinForms RadGridView GroupPanel

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