About column chooser

[Cosyspro]

Hi,

There is column chooser function for grid grouping control like Grid SfDataGrid control ?

Best Regards

[Arulraj A]

Hi Cosyspro, 

Thank you for using Syncfusion products 

You can customize column appearance of a Grid Grouping control by using plug-in utility called Field Chooser as like in SfDataGrid. FieldChooser class can be associated with Grid Grouping control to add or remove columns from the grid.  

Code[C#] 

FieldChooser fieldChooser = new FieldChooser(this.gridGroupingControl1)} 

UG: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/gridgrouping/grid-helper-classes#grid-field-chooser 

Other UG: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/gridgrouping/faq/sorting/how-to-remove-hidden-columns-from-field-chooser  

KB: https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/windowsforms/gridgroupingcontrol?sortId=0&tags=fieldchooser 

Please let us know if this helps also need any further assistance on this.   

Regards, 

Arulraj A 

[Cosyspro]

Hi Arulraj 

Thank you for response. It's work fine.

I have other questions :

1) Why chooser window to hide/display columns does't resize using mouse?

2) Why the Grid Grouping Control display is slow without data source (empty data) ?

3) How to use virtual mode to display big data ?

Best Regards

[Arulraj A]

Hi Cosyspro, 

Thanks for your update. 

Query	Response
Why chooser window to hide/display columns does't resize using mouse?	GridGroupingControl does not have the support to resize the FieldChooser dialog. The size is fixed. If you use more number columns, scrollbar will be enabled in FieldChooser dialog.
Why the Grid Grouping Control display is slow without data source (empty data) ?	We have tried to bind the datasource with empty data but there is no performance issue occurs. So, we suspect that this issue may occur based on your customization. So, if it is possible please provide your customization or let us know the below attached sample differ from your customization.  Sample link: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/CS1316495277
How to use virtual mode to display big data ?	GridGroupingControl does not have the support for VirtualGrid.

Note: 

Our newly implemented SfDataGrid does have all your requested support. So, we would like to suggest to use our newly implemented SfDataGrid. It provides a better performance compare than GridGroupingControl.   

  

You can find the feature comparison between the GridGroupingControl and the SfDataGrid from the following link.   

Feature comparison link: https://blog.syncfusion.com/post/essential-studio-for-windows-forms-choosing-between-the-data-grid-and-the-grid-grouping-control.aspx     

   

Please refer to the following UG’s for working with SfDataGrid.   

Getting started UG link : https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/sfdatagrid/gettingstarted    

Comparison: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/sfdatagrid/overview#choose-between-different-grid-controls 

ColumnChooser: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/sfdatagrid/interactivefeatures#column-chooser  

   

Dashboard sample location: \Syncfusion\EssentialStudio\[Version Number]\Windows\DataGrid.Winforms\Samples\ColumnChooser  

Online Sample: https://github.com/syncfusion/winforms-demos/tree/master/DataGrid.WinForms/Samples/ColumnChooser 

Please let us know if you have any further queries on this. 

Regards, 

Arulraj A 

[John Miller]

For anyone landing here in a current WinForms project, two practical additions to the marked answer.

The simplest FieldChooser instantiation is one line and works as-is:

FieldChooser fieldChooser = new FieldChooser(this.gridGroupingControl1);

On the non-resizable dialog limitation Arulraj mentioned, the workaround is to skip the built-in dialog and bind the hide/show state directly to a custom form with checkboxes:

foreach (var col in gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns)

    col.Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Themed = true;

gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns

    .Remove("ColumnName"); // hide

gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.VisibleColumns

    .Insert(2, "ColumnName"); // show at index 2

That gives you full control over the picker UI without subclassing the built-in dialog.

If you are starting a new project, the recommendation to move to SfDataGrid still holds in 2025. Its ShowColumnChooser property is a single line and the chooser is resizable out of the box, plus virtualization is built in so the slow-empty-grid and big-data issues from this thread disappear entirely. GridGroupingControl is in maintenance mode at this point.

[Senthilkumar Ranganathan]

John Miller,

Thank you for the suggestion. Please feel free to reach out if you need any further assistance; we will be happy to help.