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A Grid control presents the contents of a table as a series of rows with each table row occupying a row on the Grid. The Grid control can be used to sort, group, filter and locate data. A Grid can be customized. Columns can be re-ordered and columns can be removed from the Grid.

 

1.Column header

2.Sort indicator

3.Group by box

4.Footer

5.Footer item

6.Horizontal scroll bar

7.Find panel

8.Vertical scroll bar

 

The Grid control in the image below is showing the contents of the Truck table. The Sort-by indicator indicates that the table is sorted by the Truck ID column in ascending order (smallest value to largest). The Footer item indicates that there are currently 910 rows available in the Grid.

 

The vertical scroll bar (up/down) can be used modify which rows are visible. The horizontal scroll bar (left/right) can be used to modify which columns are visible.