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PagedCollectionView.GroupDescriptions Property

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

Namespace:  System.Windows.Data
Assembly:  System.Windows.Data (in System.Windows.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property GroupDescriptions As ObservableCollection(Of GroupDescription)

public ObservableCollection<GroupDescription> GroupDescriptions { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Collections.ObjectModel.ObservableCollection<GroupDescription>
A collection of GroupDescription objects that describe how the items in the collection are grouped in the view.

Implements

ICollectionView.GroupDescriptions

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to add group descriptions to the GroupDescriptions collection to group data in a DataGrid display. This example is part of a larger example available in the How to: Group, Sort, and Filter Data in the DataGrid Control topic.

If taskListView.CanGroup = True Then
    ' Group tasks by ProjectName...
    taskListView.GroupDescriptions.Add(New PropertyGroupDescription("ProjectName"))
    ' Then group by Complete status.
    taskListView.GroupDescriptions.Add(New PropertyGroupDescription("Complete"))
End If

if (taskListView.CanGroup == true)
{
    // Group tasks by ProjectName...
    taskListView.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("ProjectName"));
    // Then group by Complete status.
    taskListView.GroupDescriptions.Add(new PropertyGroupDescription("Complete"));
}

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.