How to sort the Enum type column in WinForms GridGroupingControl?

By default, the enumeration column is sorted based on the enum flags. So, the display values of that column are different from the normal column sorting. When you want to sort the enumeration column based on the values displayed, you can handle it by changing the CellValueType of the column a string.

//changes the CellValueType as string of Enum column
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns["Enum"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellValueType = typeof(string);

‘changes the cell value type as string of Enum column
Me.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns("Enum").Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellValueType = GetType(String)

The following screenshot displays the sorting of the Enum column.

Conclusion

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