How to accomplish RecordNavigationBar in the WPF DataGrid?

The WPF DataGrid does not support the RecordNavigationBar feature like the Syncfusion WindowsForms DataBoundGrid, but, it is possible to create the appearance and behavior of the RecordNavigationBar in the SfDataGrid by programmatically changing the SfDataGrid.SelectedIndex. To select the previous row or the next row, the SfDataGrid.SelectedIndex value is incremented or decremented. This is demonstrated in the following code example.

private void PreviousButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (this.datagrid.SelectedIndex > 0)
        this.datagrid.SelectedIndex = this.datagrid.SelectedIndex - 1;
    this.datagrid.ScrollInView(this.datagrid.SelectionController.CurrentCellManager.CurrentRowColumnIndex);
}
 
private void NextButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var visualContainer = this.datagrid.GetVisualContainer();
    if (this.datagrid.SelectedIndex > -1 && (this.datagrid.ResolveToRowIndex(this.datagrid.SelectedIndex + 1) != visualContainer.RowCount))
    {
        this.datagrid.SelectedIndex = this.datagrid.SelectedIndex + 1;
        this.datagrid.ScrollInView(this.datagrid.SelectionController.CurrentCellManager.CurrentRowColumnIndex);
    }
}

The first and last record selection can be done with the SelectionHelper.GetFirstRowIndex() and SelectionHelper.GetLastRowIndex() methods.

private void FirstButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{         
    this.datagrid.ScrollInView(new RowColumnIndex(this.datagrid.GetFirstRowIndex(), 0));           
    this.datagrid.SelectedIndex = this.datagrid.GetFirstRowIndex() - 2;
}
private void LastButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{                 
    this.datagrid.ScrollInView(new RowColumnIndex(this.datagrid.GetLastRowIndex(),0));
    this.datagrid.SelectedIndex = this.datagrid.GetLastRowIndex() - 2;
}

The above code example is only applicable for the WPF platform. Refer to the attached example for WinRT and UWP platforms.

The following screenshot illustrates the record navigation bar in the SfDataGrid.

Sample Links:

WPF

WinRT

UWP

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to accomplish RecordNavigationBar in the WPF DataGrid.

You can refer to our WPF DataGrid feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WPF DataGrid example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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