DataGrid in WinUI3 with c++/Winrt

Question

Hi,

We are building a complex table-like experience with WinUI3 using C++/WinRT. Got to know from the documentation that to create a table-like experience WinUI3 gives us DataGrid but this was in Windows Community Toolkit DataGrid under a "C# Island", but we are looking for experience in C++/WinRT. It would be great if you could point me to the right documentation to achieve table-like experience in C++/WinRT.

Answer 1

Hello,

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Frist of all, the Windows Community Toolkit is based on C# but is not a Windows Runtime Component, so it's not directly consumable in C++ applications. A possible way to use the DataGrid is to create a C# based project in your solutions, consume that from your C++ app, and then consume the Toolkit via that. Here is the official sample from the Community Toolkit- C# Island in C++/WinRT Sample. And more information about this here: Blank App (WinRT/C++) Can't add nuget package Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls · Issue #3704 · CommunityToolkit/WindowsCommunityToolkit · GitHub.

If you are do not want to use that way, I have to say that you will need to implement a DataGrid on your own in your project just like @michael-hawker said in the Github issue. You could refer to the source code of the DataGrid here: DataGrid-Github.

Thank you.

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