How to display "..." in cell for 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 by using QueryCellInfo event in WinForms GridControl.

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;
    }
}

'Hook the event to set the trimming style to the column
AddHandler 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

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.

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