DataGridGroupDescription Class
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Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid Assembly > Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid Namespace : DataGridGroupDescription Class

Class that describes the grouping of items using a property name as the criteria.

Object Model


Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Class DataGridGroupDescription 
   Inherits GroupDescription
   Implements INotifyPropertyChanged 
C# 
public class DataGridGroupDescription : GroupDescription, INotifyPropertyChanged 

Example

All examples in this topic assume that the grid is bound to the Orders table of the Northwind database, unless stated otherwise. See also examples in GroupNameFromItem method.
The following example demonstrates how to group the data items by the ShipCountry and ShipCity columns.
XAMLCopy Code
<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid"> 
  <Grid.Resources> 
    <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders" 
                                    Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current}, 
                                                      Path=Orders}">        
 
     <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>          
       <xcdg:DataGridGroupDescription PropertyName="ShipCountry"/> 
       <xcdg:DataGridGroupDescription PropertyName="ShipCity"/> 
     </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions> 
    </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource> 
  </Grid.Resources> 
    
  <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid" 
                        ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}">      
  </xcdg:DataGridControl> 
</Grid>

Remarks

This class is used by the DataGridCollectionView class to group items; however, it can also be used by the standard CollectionView class.

The use of the GroupNames property is not supported by the DataGridGroupDescription class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ComponentModel.GroupDescription
      Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.DataGridGroupDescription

Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2

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