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ListCollectionView.GroupDescriptions Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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

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

public override 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

Remarks

Note
This property can only be set by accessing the collection object and using its various methods such as Add. The property to access the collection object itself is read-only; the collection itself is read/write.

Examples

The following example shows how to use this property:

// This groups the items in the view by the property "Category"
PropertyGroupDescription groupDescription = new PropertyGroupDescription();
groupDescription.PropertyName = "Category";
listingDataView.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription);

For the complete example, see Data Binding Demo.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

ListCollectionView Class

System.Windows.Data Namespace

GroupBySelector

Other Resources

Data Binding Overview

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