windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtragrid-dot-columns-dot-gridcolumn-9a579253.md
Gets or sets whether the grid column is visible.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Columns
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll
NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation
[DefaultValue(false)]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
[XtraSerializablePropertyId(3)]
public virtual bool Visible { get; set; }
<DXCategory("Appearance")>
<DefaultValue(False)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
<XtraSerializablePropertyId(3)>
Public Overridable Property Visible As Boolean
| Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boolean | false |
true if the column is visible; otherwise, false.
|
The Visible and GridColumn.VisibleIndex properties specify the column’s visible state and position. When you hide/show the column with the Visible property, the GridColumn.VisibleIndex property automatically reflects the changes. Similarly, if you toggle the column’s visibility with the GridColumn.VisibleIndex property, the Visible property changes automatically. See GridColumn.VisibleIndex to learn more.
The code sample below illustrates how to change grid column visibility based on the user’s permissions.
public class UserPermissions
{
public bool canSeeProductId;
public bool canSeeProductActions;
}
UserPermissions permissions = new UserPermissions();
permissions.canSeeProductId = false;
permissions.canSeeProductActions = false;
gridView1.Columns["productId"].Visible = permissions.canSeeProductId;
gridView1.Columns["productActions"].Visible = permissions.canSeeProductActions;
Public Class UserPermissions
Public canSeeProductId As Boolean
Public canSeeProductActions As Boolean
End Class
Private permissions As New UserPermissions()
permissions.canSeeProductId = False
permissions.canSeeProductActions = False
gridView1.Columns("productId").Visible = permissions.canSeeProductId
gridView1.Columns("productActions").Visible = permissions.canSeeProductActions
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Visible property.
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winforms-grid-implement-serializable-column-property/CS/Q242361/Grid.cs#L79
public override bool Visible {
get { return base.Visible; }
set {
// Skip hidden column
if (!gridColumn.Visible)
return;
winforms-mvvm-expenses-app/CS/MVVMExpenses/Views/Account/AccountsEditFormView.cs#L32
((GridView)gridControl1.MainView).OptionsBehavior.Editable = false;
((GridView)gridControl1.MainView).Columns["Account"].Visible = false;
}
winforms-grid-use-layoutview-as-master-view/CS/WindowsApplication3/MasterDetailHelper.cs#L86
GridColumn column = view.Columns.AddField("Detail");
column.Visible = true;
column.VisibleIndex = view.Columns.Count;
winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/CS/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.cs#L118
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSort = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
column.Visible = true;
column.VisibleIndex = 0;
winforms-grid-implement-serializable-column-property/VB/Q242361/Grid.vb#L119
Get
Return MyBase.Visible
End Get
' Skip hidden column
If Not gridColumn.Visible Then Return
Using column As IXlColumn = sheet.CreateColumn()
winforms-mvvm-expenses-app/VB/MVVMExpenses/Views/Account/AccountsEditFormView.vb#L30
fluent.SetBinding(GridControl1, Function(gc) gc.DataSource, Function(x) x.AccountTransactionDetails.Entities)
CType(GridControl1.MainView, DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid.GridView).Columns("Account").Visible = False
End Sub
winforms-grid-use-layoutview-as-master-view/VB/WindowsApplication3/MasterDetailHelper.vb#L96
Dim column As GridColumn = view.Columns.AddField("Detail")
column.Visible = True
column.VisibleIndex = view.Columns.Count
winforms-grid-multiple-row-selection-web-style-checkboxes/VB/E1271/CheckMarkSelection.vb#L147
column.OptionsColumn.AllowSort = Utils.DefaultBoolean.False
column.Visible = True
column.VisibleIndex = 0
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