The fastest .NET grid control

Essential Grid offers Microsoft Excel-like grid functionality and high-performance grouping support for both flat and hierarchical data sources. It allows extremely detailed customization down to the cell level. Multilevel Undo/Redo, Shared Scrollbar support, Data/View separation, Floating cells, more than 15 cell types, and unmatched extensibility are features that are unique to Essential Grid.

General Features

Windows Forms Essential Grid supports all standard grid control features. In addition, Essential Grid also possesses unique features such as support for Undo/Redo and OLE Drag-and-drop.

• Alpha Blend and Background
• Banner Cells
• Cell Styles
• Covered Cell
• Freeze Rows and Columns
• GDI+
• Grid Control Style
• Grid List Control and AutoComplete
• Hide Rows and Columns
• Keyboard Interface
• MDI Support
• Merged Cells
• Mouse Operation
• MS Excel Import and Export
• PDF Export
• OLE DND and Clipboard
• Print Support
• Property Grid
• Record Navigation Bar
• Resize Rows and Columns
• Serialization
• Split Views
• Virtual Mode
• Zooming Grid
• Grid Selection Modes
• TileImage Layout
• Excel-Like Fill Series

Cell Attributes

Essential Grid is implemented using a unique cell-oriented architecture that allows intricate customization at the cell level.

• Cell AutoSize Mode
• Cell Allow Enter Mode
• Cell Base Style
• Cell Borders
• Cell Choice List
• Cell Format
• Cell Image List
• Cell Interior
• Cell Text Alignment
• Cell Text Color
• Cell Text Orientation
• Cell Types
• Cell Wrap Text Mode
• Read Only
• Show Buttons

Cell Types

Essential Grid supports several cell types, including Header Text, Static, Text Box, Check Box, Numeric Up-Down, Push Button, and Combo Box. Additionally, users may derive more cell types from our classes.

• Button Edit Cell
• Cell Buttons
• Chart Cell
• Check Box
• Color Picker
• Combo Box
• Currency Cells
• Link Label Cell
• Date-Time Picker Cells
• Grid Drop-Down
• Grid in Cells
• Header Text
• In-Place Calendars
• Mask Edit
• Month Calendar
• Numeric Up-Down
• Password Cell
• Picture Box Cell
• Progress Bar Cell
• DropDown Calculator Cell
• Push Button
• Radio-Button Cell
• Rich-Text Cell
• Slider Cell
• Static Text
• UI-Type Editor Cell
• Web-Browser Cell
• XHTML Cell

Data Binding

Data binding to the grid can be achieved with a single line of code. The grid supports all kinds of 'lists' from IList-derived types to ADO.NET data source instances. The grid automatically discovers the schema of the data source at run time, including any relations set up between tables in a data source, and renders the grid's content automatically. You can alter the grid's schema to hide columns and include unbound columns.

• Conditional Formatting
• Custom Collection
• Data Source
• Date-Time Picker and Boolean Cells
• Filter Bar
• Sort By Display Member
• Foreign Key Drop-Down
• Generic Collection
• Hierarchy
• Hierarchy Index
• Image
• LINQ Support
• Multiple Rows per Record
• Multiple Header Cells
• Pass-Through Grouping

Formula Support

Essential Grid supports MS Excel-like formulas on each cell. It also supports cross-sheet references and named ranges. You can easily add custom functions to its function library.

• Cross-Sheet Reference
• Formula Function Library
• Formula Cell
• Named Range

Grid Grouping Support

Essential Grid offers flexible support for grouping both flat and hierarchical data sources. It supports expression fields, filters, multicolumn sorting, grouping, nested tables/hierarchies, and custom summaries.

• Add New Record
• ADO.NET Relation
• Base Style
• Calculate Summary
• Cell Data Serialization
• Custom Cell Range
• Custom Group Layout
• Drag-and-Drop Column Header
• Error Indicator
• Expression Field
• Filter
• Foreign Key Relation
• Grid Grouping Control Style
• Grid Optimization
• Grouping
• Group by Column
• Hierarchical Display
• Key Navigation
• MS Excel Export
• MS Word Export
• Multiple Rows and Columns per Record
• Multiple Stacked Headers
• Parent Record Synchronization
• Preview Rows
• Record Category Synchronization
• Schema Serialization
• Sort
• Grid Field Chooser
• Save or Restore CompareOperator States
• Multiple Record Selection
• Multiple Record Deletion
• Filter On Lost Focus
• Excel-Like Filter
• Filter Optimization
• IList Grouping Optimization

MS Office Simulation

Essential Grid simulates popular Microsoft applications. Users will find its interface to be friendly and familiar.

• Accelerated Scrolling
• Cell Float Mode
• Format Cell Dialog
• Grid Workbook
• IntelliMouse Scrolling
• MS Access Simulation
• Multilevel Undo-Redo
• MS Excel Clipboard
• MS Excel Simulation
• Scrolling Tip Thumb Tracking
• Shared Scroll Bar

Real-Time Applications

Essential Grid provides optimal usage in real-time applications.

• Gaming Demo
• Pivot Grid
• Portfolio Manager Demo
• Outlook Style Grouping

MFC-Like Features

Essential Grid simulates popular Microsoft applications. Users will find its interface to be friendly and familiar.

• Document View Support
• Dynamic Splitters