Moving Columns via ColumnName

[James Roodt]

Hi there,

Is there a way of moving column positions by using their column names?

I've found the following and it works but i need to use names instead of indexes.

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gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns.Move(3, 1);

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Regards,

James

[Paulo P]

Hi James.
I think you can do it by using the TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.IndexOf("ColumnName") property.
So, for instance if you want to move column "ProductName" position to "ProductDescription" position, you can achieve it through the following statement:
gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns.Move(gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.IndexOf("ProductName"), gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.IndexOf("ProductDescription"));

[Arulpriya Ramalingam]

Hi James,  

  

Thanks for contacting Syncfusion support.  

  

As per our Current support, the GridGroupingControl does not have the direct support to move the columns by using name of the columns. Moreover, in GridGroupingControl, the columns are maintained in the Columns collection and VisibleColumns collection of GridTableDescriptor. As Paulo’s suggestion, you can make use of IndexOf() method ofVisibleColumns or Columns collection to retrieve the column index from the ColumnName and move the columns by using the retrieved index. Please make use of below code and refer to the sample.  

  

Code example  

  

//Suggestion 1  

//To retrieve the Column index from the Columns collection  

int columnIndex1 =this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns.IndexOf("CategoryID");  

int columnIndex2 =this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns.IndexOf("Description");  

  

//To Move the column  

this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns.Move(columnIndex1, columnIndex2);  

  

//Suggestion 2  

//To retrieve the Column index from the VisibleColumns collection  

int visibleColumn1 =this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.IndexOf("CategoryID");  

int visibleColumn2 =this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.IndexOf("Description");  

  

//To Move the column  

this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns.Move(visibleColumn1, visibleColumn2);  

  

  

Sample link: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/DataGrid-16504288   

  

Please refer to the below forum to retrieve the column index from the column name,  

  

https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/103015/get-column-index-of-gridgroupingcontrol-when-groupingby-a-different-column   

  

Regards,  

Arulpriya