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How to improve the performance while selecting row using shift key in WPF DataGrid (SfDataGrid)?

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You can improve the performance of selecting the rows using Shift key by overriding the GridSelectionController.SelectRows method in WPF DataGrid (SfDataGrid).

The sample explains the performance improvement using Shift key.

SfDataGridBehavior.cs

public class SfDataGridBehavior : Behavior<SfDataGrid>
{
    SfDataGrid datagrid = null;
    protected override void OnAttached()
    {
        datagrid = this.AssociatedObject as SfDataGrid;
        datagrid.SelectionController = new GridSelectionControllerExt(datagrid);
        base.OnAttached();
    }
}

 

GridSelectionControllerExt.cs

public class GridSelectionControllerExt : GridSelectionController
{
    SfDataGrid datagrid;
    public GridSelectionControllerExt(SfDataGrid dataGrid): base(dataGrid)
    {
        datagrid = dataGrid;
    }
}

 

The ProcessPointerReleased override method is used to call the SelectRows method when pressing Shift key and releasing the pointer.

   /// <summary>
    /// Processes the row selection when the mouse pointer is released from SfDataGrid. 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="args">
    /// Contains the data for mouse pointer action.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="rowColumnIndex">
    /// The corresponding rowColumnIndex of the mouse released point.
    /// </param>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The selection is initialized in pointer released state when the <see cref="Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Grid.SfDataGrid.AllowSelectionPointerPressed"/> set as false.        
    /// </remarks>
    protected override void ProcessPointerReleased(MouseButtonEventArgs args, Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.ScrollAxis.RowColumnIndex rowColumnIndex)
    {
        if (SelectionHelper.CheckShiftKeyPressed() && this.PressedRowColumnIndex.RowIndex > 0)
        {
            this.SelectRows(this.PressedRowColumnIndex.RowIndex, rowColumnIndex.RowIndex);
        }
        else
            base.ProcessPointerReleased(args, rowColumnIndex);
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Selects the rows corresponding to the specified start and end index of the row.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="startRowIndex">
    /// The start index of the row.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="endRowIndex">
    /// The end index of the row.
    /// </param>
    public override void SelectRows(int startRowIndex, int endRowIndex)
    {
        if (startRowIndex < 0 || endRowIndex < 0)
            return;
 
        if (startRowIndex > endRowIndex)
        {
            var temp = startRowIndex;
            startRowIndex = endRowIndex;
            endRowIndex = temp;
        }
 
        if (this.DataGrid.SelectionMode == GridSelectionMode.None ||
            this.DataGrid.SelectionMode == GridSelectionMode.Single)
            return;
 
        var isSelectedRowsContains = this.SelectedRows.Any();
 
        this.SuspendUpdates();
        var addedItem = new List<object>();
        int rowIndex = startRowIndex;
 
        this.datagrid.SelectedItems.Clear();
        var rowIndexes = this.datagrid.SelectionController.SelectedRows.Select(rowinfo => rowinfo.RowIndex).ToList(); 
 
        var selectedrowindex = this.datagrid.ResolveToRowIndex(this.datagrid.SelectedIndex);
 
 
        for (int i = rowIndex; i <= endRowIndex; i++)
        {
            object rowData = this.DataGrid.GetRecordAtRowIndex(i);
 
            if (!rowIndexes.Contains(i))
            {
                this.SelectedRows.Add(GetGridSelectedRow(i));
                this.DataGrid.ShowRowSelection(i);
            }
            if (rowData != null)
            {
                this.DataGrid.SelectedItems.Add(rowData);
            }
        }
 
        if (!isSelectedRowsContains)
        {
            this.DataGrid.SelectedIndex = this.SelectedRows.Count > 0 ? this.DataGrid.ResolveToRecordIndex(this.SelectedRows[0].RowIndex) : -1;
            this.DataGrid.SelectedItem = this.DataGrid.SelectedItems.Count > 0 ? this.DataGrid.SelectedItems[0] : null;
 
        }
        this.ResumeUpdates();
    }
}

View sample in GitHub

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