How to Hide Column on Button Click Using MVVM Pattern in MAUI DataGrid?

In this article, we will show you how to hide a column on button click using the MVVM pattern in the .NET MAUI DataGrid.

xaml

 <ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <local:EmployeeViewModel x:Name="viewModel" />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>

<StackLayout>
    <Button Text="Hide Employee Name Column"
            WidthRequest="230" Command="{Binding HideColumnCommand}" CommandParameter="{x:Reference dataGrid}"
            HeightRequest="55" />
    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
                           Margin="10"
                           GridLinesVisibility="Both"
                           HeaderGridLinesVisibility="Both"
                           HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                           VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                           ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
                           AutoGenerateColumnsMode="None"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}">

        <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
            <syncfusion:DataGridNumericColumn MappingName="EmployeeID"
                                              Format="#"
                                              HeaderText="Employee ID" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Name"
                                           HeaderText="Employee Name" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Title"
                                           HeaderText="Designation" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridDateColumn MappingName="HireDate"
                                           HeaderText="Hire Date" />

        </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>

    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
</StackLayout>

C#
The code below demonstrates how to hide a column on button click using the MVVM pattern in DataGrid.
EmployeeViewModel.cs

public ICommand HideColumnCommand { get; }

public EmployeeViewModel()
{
    PopulateData();
    this.CustomerNames = Customers.ToObservableCollection();
    HideColumnCommand = new Command<object>(ExecuteHideColumn);
    employees = this.GetEmployeeDetails(50);
}

private void ExecuteHideColumn(object parameter)
{
    var dataGrid = parameter as SfDataGrid;
    if (dataGrid != null)
    {
        var columnName = dataGrid.Columns.FirstOrDefault(c => c.MappingName == "Name");
        if (columnName != null)
        {
            columnName.Visible = false;
        }
    }
}

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to hide a column on button click using the MVVM pattern in the .NET MAUI DataGrid.

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