How to display "..." in a cell when the whole text is not wide enough in WinForms GridControl?
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 GridControl to set the trimming for an entire
column, use the following code example.
Using GridModel
// 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;'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.EllipsisWordUsing QueryCellInfo
//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;
}
}'Hook the event to set the trimming style to the column
AddHandler Me.gridControl1.QueryCellInfo, AddressOf 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 SubThe following
screenshot illustrates the output.
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 wide enough in WinForms GridControl.
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