GridView.PreviewFieldName Property

Gets or sets the name of the field whose values are displayed within preview sections.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraGrid.v25.2.dll

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

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

[DefaultValue("")]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public string PreviewFieldName { get; set; }

<DefaultValue("")>
<DXCategory("Appearance")>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property PreviewFieldName As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	String.Empty

A String value specifying the name of the field whose values are displayed within preview sections.

Remarks

The View’s GridOptionsView.ShowPreview option must be enabled to make preview sections visible. Note that you can handle the GridView.CalcPreviewText event to supply custom text to preview sections or to modify the text provided by the specified field.

Please refer to the Row Preview Sections topic for additional information.