Features in the XtraGrid Suite include:

• Two New Views - The XtraGrid Suite v2 ships with two new views: Band View and Advanced Band View. These views allow you to incorporate stacked columns and multi-line column heights into your applications with unlimited Band nesting
• New data editors - Over 10 new controls have been added to the XtraEditors Library...Allowing you to use them standalone or within any Developer Express container control, including the XtraGrid Suite
• DisplayFormat and EditFormat properties - For ultimate flexibility in masked data input, Developer Express have included DisplayFormat and EditFormat properties within the XtraEditors Library. These two properties give you the ability to control display values and entered values independently. In addition, two new events (FormatEditValue, ParseEditValue) give you the total control to manage this process
• Incremental Searching - Simplifying how your end-users locate information within the XtraGrid has been radically improved with our new incremental searching feature
• Extended Gradient and AlphaBlending Support - With XtraGrid 2, you can apply gradient and alpha blending for any grid element via design time property settings
• Tab Detail Switcher - XtraGrid Suite v2 allows you to display sibling details for any master record via our industry-first tab detail switcher
• Column/Band Header Image Support
• Joined Group Panel - With this new feature, your end-users can group against any detail view without having to display the data grouping pane within the detail view itself
• Row Separators - This new feature allows you to fully control indentation between individual rows with a simply property setting
• Embedded Data Navigator - XtraGrid Suite allows you to include a built-in data navigator similar to the Microsoft® Access® data grid
• Control Navigator - Your end users can now navigate through grid rows and add/delete rows using our external Control Navigator
• New Paint Styles and Extended Look & Feel Support
• Updated Property Editor - The XtraGrid designer has been radically redesigned to make you more productive within the Visual Studio® IDE
• Level Designer - In keeping with our commitment to simplify the development process, XtraGrid 2 no longer requires you to modify view properties via the grid's property editor
• Design-Time Column/Band selection - Not only can you select a column/band in the properties grid you can also select it directly in the XtraGrid at design time
• New Property Editors - Several new property editors have been introduced that give you the ability to create objects on the fly and modify them as needed
• Fixed Column Support - Designed to improve the data entry experience, our new fixed column support allows you to freeze columns on the left or right side of the XtraGrid
• Fixed Band Support - Just like columns, You can freeze bans to the left or right side of the XtraGrid
• Internal Persistent Repository - XtraGrid ships with an internal persistent repository for the XtraEditors Library. You may can continue to use our external repository, but it is now optional
• Improved Custom Summary Events - Drawing routines have been modified and as a result, drawing performance has been significantly improved
• Improved Keyboard Navigation
• Integrated Support for the Developer Express ToolTipController - XtraGrid fully supports the Developer Express ToolTipController
• Full Grid Cell Hint Support
• ErrorInfo Support - XtraGrid supports the standard IDataErrorInfo interface
• Significantly Improved Validation Events
• Improved MultiSelect Support
• Export to HTML/XLS
• Localization - Two new ways to localize XtraGrid Suite strings have been introduced to give you the desired level of flexibility