Data Grid Extensions

Sure enough just about anything can be built through programming, but in some cases it’s faster and more efficient to have predefined libraries at your disposal. For instance, Data Grid Extensions is the type of package which contains the necessary class to add filter options to existing DataGrid projects.

Note that this isn’t a stand-alone application and the package contains modular extensions for the WPF DataGrid control. It is able to attach itself to an existing DataGrid, so new projects don’t necessarily have to be started once Data Grid Extensions is deployed.

The new DataGrid features are found right in the column headers. They add filtering capabilities to existing projects, with options to apply initial sorting, disable another control while in editing mode, provide additional column events, as well as an extended star-size column behavior.

By default, deploying the package in a project enables one or more text or boolean filters, depending on the column type. However, the package is customizable and can be tweaked to perform custom filter tasks, display custom fields, individual filters, and more.

It transparently attaches to the existing DataGrid, while also being customizable. Although you only get a fixed set of features, it’s because the package is not a derivate of the DataGrid class.