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How to display "..." in a cell with WinForms Grid controls?

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Trimming text

You can show the cell’s content like “…” at the end while it’s not enough to display the whole text, by setting the GridStyleInfo's Trimming property. In a WinForms WinForms GridControl to set the trimming for an entire column, use the following code example.

Using GridModel

C#

// GridControl
this.gridControl1.ColStyles[2].Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord;
// GridGroupingControl
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns["ColumnName"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.WrapText = false;
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns["ColumnName"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord;
// GridDataBoundGrid
this.gridDataBoundGrid1.Binder.InternalColumns["ColumnName"].StyleInfo.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord;

VB

' GridControl 
Me.gridControl1.ColStyles(2).Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord
' GridGroupingControl 
Me.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns("ColumnName").Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.WrapText = False
Me.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns("ColumnName").Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord
' GridDataBoundGrid  
Me.gridDataBoundGrid1.Binder.InternalColumns("ColumnName").StyleInfo.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord

Using QueryCellInfo

C#

//Hook the event to set the trimming style to the column
this.gridControl1.QueryCellInfo += gridControl1_QueryCellInfo;
void gridControl1_QueryCellInfo(object sender, GridQueryCellInfoEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.ColIndex == 2)
    {
          //Apply trimming for the column
          e.Style.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord;
    }
}

VB

'Hook the event to set the trimming style to the column
Me.gridControl1.QueryCellInfo += gridControl1_QueryCellInfo
Private Sub gridControl1_QueryCellInfo(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridQueryCellInfoEventArgs)
    If e.ColIndex = 2 Then
          'Apply trimming for the column
          e.Style.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisWord
    End If
End Sub

The following screenshot illustrates the output.

GridControl with ellipsis word trimming

Figure 1: GridControl with EllipsisWord Trimming



Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to display "..." in a cell while the whole text is not enough wide in WinForms GridControl, GridGroupingControl and GridDataBoundGrid.

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