ColumnView.CanGroupColumn(GridColumn) Method

Indicates whether grouping by a specific column is enabled.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll

NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

csharp

public virtual bool CanGroupColumn(
    GridColumn column
)

Public Overridable Function CanGroupColumn(
    column As GridColumn
) As Boolean

Name	Type	Description
column	GridColumn

A GridColumn object specifying the tested column.

Type	Description
Boolean

true if rows can be grouped by specific column values; otherwise, false.

For Card Views, the CanGroupColumn method always returns false.

For the GridView and its descendants, the method returns true if the following conditions are met:

records can be sorted by specified column values (this is determined by the ColumnView.CanSortColumn method);
the View’s GridOptionsCustomization.AllowGroup option is set to true ;
the specified column’s OptionsColumn.AllowGroup options are set to true.

Note that grouping cannot be applied to columns displaying certain data types (images, binary data etc.).