ColumnViewOptionsView.ShowViewCaption Property

Gets or sets whether the View Caption is displayed above the View.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll

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

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

[DefaultValue(false)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public virtual bool ShowViewCaption { get; set; }

<DefaultValue(False)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Overridable Property ShowViewCaption As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false

true if the View Caption is displayed above the View; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to ShowViewCaption
ColumnView

.OptionsView .ShowViewCaption

Remarks

View Captions display the BaseView.ViewCaption property’s value.

In the following image, the ShowViewCaption property is set to true , for the main and detail Views. The BaseView.ViewCaption property for these Views is set to “Categories” and “Products” respectively.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

gridView1.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = true;
gridView1.ViewCaption = "Categories";
gridView2.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = true;
gridView2.ViewCaption = "Products";

GridView1.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = True
GridView1.ViewCaption = "Categories"
GridView2.OptionsView.ShowViewCaption = True
GridView2.ViewCaption = "Products"

Use the ColumnViewAppearances.ViewCaption property to customize the appearance settings of the View Caption.