BindingListCollectionView.GroupDescriptions Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Data

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

Gets a collection of GroupDescription objects that describe how the items in the collection are grouped in the view.

public:
 virtual property System::Collections::ObjectModel::ObservableCollection<System::ComponentModel::GroupDescription ^> ^ GroupDescriptions { System::Collections::ObjectModel::ObservableCollection<System::ComponentModel::GroupDescription ^> ^ get(); };

public override System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection<System.ComponentModel.GroupDescription> GroupDescriptions { get; }

member this.GroupDescriptions : System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection<System.ComponentModel.GroupDescription>

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property GroupDescriptions As ObservableCollection(Of GroupDescription)

Property Value

ObservableCollection<GroupDescription>

A collection of GroupDescription objects that describe how the items in the collection are grouped in the view.

Examples

The following example shows how to use this property:

// This groups the items in the view by the property "Category"
PropertyGroupDescription groupDescription = new PropertyGroupDescription();
groupDescription.PropertyName = "Category";
listingDataView.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription);

'This groups by property "Category"
Dim groupDescription As PropertyGroupDescription = New PropertyGroupDescription
groupDescription.PropertyName = "Category"
listingDataView.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription)

For the complete example, see Data Binding Demo.

Remarks

Note

This property can only be set by accessing the collection object and using its various methods such as Add. The property to access the collection object itself is read-only; the collection itself is read/write.

See also

• GroupBySelector