ASPxGridViewBehaviorSettings.AllowDragDrop Property

Specifies whether users can rearrange column headers.

Assembly : DevExpress.Web.v25.2.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

[DefaultValue(true)]
public bool AllowDragDrop { get; set; }

<DefaultValue(True)>
Public Property AllowDragDrop As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true

true, to allow users to rearrange column headers; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to AllowDragDrop
ASPxGridView

.SettingsBehavior .AllowDragDrop

| | GridViewProperties |

.SettingsBehavior .AllowDragDrop

Remarks

The AllowDragDrop option affects the user’s ability to perform the following actions:

Reorder columns in the customization dialog and the column header panel.
Show and hide columns in the customization dialog.
Group and ungroup data.

You can use the following properties to control this behavior at the column level:

To learn more, refer to the following topic: Move Columns.

Run Demo: Web Forms ASPxGridView - Column Moving

Run Demo: MVC GridView - Column Moving

Web Forms (in markup)
Web Forms (in code)
MVC

aspx

<dx:ASPxGridView ID="ASPxGridView1" runat="server" ...>
    ...
    <SettingsBehavior AllowDragDrop="false" />
    <Columns>        
        <dx:GridViewDataTextColumn FieldName="QuantityPerUnit" VisibleIndex="1">
            <Settings AllowDragDrop="True" />
        </dx:GridViewDataTextColumn>
        ...
    </Columns>
</dx:ASPxGridView>

csharp

ASPxGridView grid1 = new ASPxGridView();
grid1.ID = "grid1";
Page.Form.Controls.Add(grid1);
...
grid1.SettingsBehavior.AllowDragDrop = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;

GridViewDataTextColumn productColumn = new GridViewDataTextColumn();
productColumn.FieldName = "QuantityPerUnit";
productColumn.Settings.AllowDragDrop = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

csharp

@Html.DevExpress().GridView(settings => {
    settings.Name = "grid";
    settings.SettingsBehavior.AllowDragDrop = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
    GridViewDataTextColumn productColumn = new GridViewDataTextColumn();
    productColumn.FieldName = "QuantityPerUnit";
    productColumn.Settings.AllowDragDrop = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
    ...
}).Bind(Model).GetHtml()