How to hide or remove the table name displayed in the GroupDropArea in WinForms GridGroupingControl?

Hide the table name

By default, the table name is displayed at the top left corner of the GridGroupDropArea when the data source of the WinForms GridGroupingControl has a table name.

Solution

The table name can be hidden/removed from the GridGroupDropArea in the following ways.

1. By setting the TableDescriptor name to an empty.

2. By customizing the GridGroupDropArea’s column width.

By using the TableDescriptor

this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Name = string.Empty;

Me.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Name = string.Empty

//Triggers the QueryColWidth event in Form()
this.gridGroupingControl1.GridGroupDropArea.Model.QueryColWidth += new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridRowColSizeEventHandler(Model_QueryColWidth);

//Handles the QueryColWidth event
void Model_QueryColWidth(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridRowColSizeEventArgs e)
{
    //Hides the DataSource table name
    if(e.Index == 2)
    {
       e.Size = 0;
       e.Handled = true;
    }
}

'Triggers the QueryColWidth event in Form()
AddHandler Me.gridGroupingControl1.GridGroupDropArea.Model.QueryColWidth, AddressOf Model_QueryColWidth

'Handles the QueryColWidth event
Private Sub Model_QueryColWidth(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Grid.GridRowColSizeEventArgs)
    ' Hides the DataSource table name
    If e.Index = 2 Then
        e.Size = 0
        e.Handled = True
    End If
End Sub

Samples:

C#: Hiding_the_Table_name_in_GridGroupDropArea_CS

VB: Hiding_the_Table_name_in_GridGroupDropArea_VB

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to hide or remove the table name in WinForms GridGroupingControl.

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