The
ExComboBox control supports multiple columns. The Columns object contains a
collection of Column objects. By default, the control has no columns, so the
user needs to add at least one column, before inserting new items. The Column
object holds information about a control's column like: Alignment, Caption,
Position and so on. The Column object supports the following properties and
methods:
| | Name | Description | |
| | Alignment | Retrieves or sets the alignment of the cells in the column. | |
| | AllowDragging | Retrieves or sets a value indicating whether the column can be dragged to a new position using the mouse. | |
| | AllowEditContextMenu | Specifies whether the default popup menu of associated edit control is shown when the user does a right click in the label area. | |
| | AllowSizing | Retrieves or sets a value indicating whether the user can change the column's width by dragging the column's resize bar. | |
| | AllowSort | Returns or sets a value that indicates whether the user can sort the column by clicking the column's header. | |
| | AutoSearch | Specifies the kind of searching while user types characters within the columns. | |
| | AutoWidth | Computes the column's width required to fit the entire column's content. | |
| | Caption | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the column's caption. | |
| | ComputedField | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the formula of the computed column. | |
| | CustomFilter | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the list of custom filters. | |
| | Data | Associates an extra data to the column. | |
| | Def | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the default value of given properties for all cells in the same column. | |
| | DefaultSortOrder | Specifies whether the default sort order is ascending or descending. | |
| | DisplayFilterButton | Shows or hides the column's filterbar button. | |
| | DisplayFilterDate | Specifies whether the drop down filter window displays a date selector to specify the interval dates to filter for. | |
| | DisplayFilterPattern | Specifies whether the dropdown filterbar contains a textbox for editing the filter as pattern. | |
| | DisplaySortIcon | Retrieves or sets a value indicating whether the sort icon is visible on column's header, while the column is sorted. | |
| | EditAlignment | Retrieves or sets the alignment of column's edit control. | |
| | EditMaxLength | Gets or sets the number of characters a user can type into the control's edit. | |
| | Enabled | Returns or sets a value that determines whether a column's header can respond to user-generated events. | |
| | Filter | Specifies the column's filter when filter type is exFilter, exPattern or exDate. | |
| | FilterBarDropDownWidth | Specifies the width of the drop down filter window proportionally with the width of the column. | |
| | FilterList | Specifies whether the drop down filter list includes visible or all items. | |
| | FilterOnType | Filters the column as user types characters in the drop down filter window. | |
| | FilterType | Specifies the column's filter type. | |
| | FireFormatColumn | Specifies whether the control fires FormatColumn to format the captions in the column. | |
| | FormatColumn | Specifies the format to display the cells in the column. | |
| | HeaderAlignment | Specifies the alignment of the column's caption. | |
| | HeaderBold | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the column's caption should appear in bold. | |
| | HeaderImage | Specifies the index of image in the Images collection being displayed on the column's header. | |
| | HeaderImageAlignment | Retrieves or sets the alignment of the image into the column's header. | |
| | HeaderItalic | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the column's caption should appear in italic. | |
| | HeaderStrikeOut | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the column's caption should appear in strikeout. | |
| | HeaderUnderline | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the column's caption is underlined. | |
| | HTMLCaption | Retrieves or sets the text in HTML format displayed in the column's header. | |
| | Index | Returns a value that indicates the index of the column in the Columns collection. | |
| | Key | Retrieves or sets a the column's key. | |
| | LevelKey | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the key of the column's level. | |
| | MaxWidthAutoResize | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the maximum column's width when the WidthAutoResize is True. | |
| | MinWidthAutoResize | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the minimum column's width when the WidthAutoResize is True. | |
| | PartialCheck | Specifies whether the column supports partial check feature. | |
| | Position | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates the position of the column in the header bar area. | |
| | Prompt | Indicates the developer-specified prompt when the associated edit control contains no text. | |
| | ShowFilter | Shows the column's filter window. | |
| | SortOrder | Specifies the column's sort order. | |
| | SortPosition | Returns or sets a value that indicates the position of the column in the sorting columns collection. | |
| | SortType | Returns or sets a value that indicates the way a control sorts the values for a column. | |
| | ToolTip | Specifies the column's tooltip description. | |
| | Visible | Retrieves or sets a value indicating whether the column is visible or hidden. | |
| | Width | Retrieves or sets the column's width. | |
| | WidthAutoResize | Retrieves or sets a value that indicates whether the column is automatically resized according to the width of the contents within the column. | |