Hi Scot,
Greetings from Syncfusion support.
Query: “there is a blank row of cells created at the top of the grid. What is that, and how can it be hidden or removed? See attached image.”
We would like to inform you that highlighted blank row in your screenshot is the Filter bar of Grid. It will be displayed in Grid when AllowFiltering property is enabled. It is used to filter the corresponding column data by typing the text/value in that area and pressing the enter key.
Kindly refer our online Demo and UG documentation for your reference
Please get back to us if you have further queries.
Regards,
Vignesh Natarajan