WinForms Data Grid: A New Windows Inspired Explorer View
The next major version (v13.2) of our WinForms Subscription will include our newest View Type for the XtraGrid: the Explorer View.
Inspired by Windows, this new View will allow you to present information within our WinForms Grid using multiple icon views including:
- ExtraLarge
- Large
- Medium
- Small
- List
- Tiles
- Content View
The Explorer View will support checkboxes, multiple record selection and inplace editing. Data Grouping (for one level) and sorting will also be included as View options.
Here are a few screenshots demonstrating this view in action...Let me know your thoughts and what you think of this new capability.
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As you can see in all of these images, data is grouped by guitar type.

In the following image, we show the multi-selection capability of the Explorer View and record selection via checkboxes.
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