ExpressGridPack 20.2.2

UX Enhancements

• Smooth Scrolling - This release adds smooth scrolling support to the following DevExpress VCL components:
  • Grid Control.
  • TreeList Control.
  • Vertical Grid Control.
  • Layout Control.
  • Print Preview.
• Content Padding Options - With this release, the VCL Grid, TreeList, Pivot Grid, and Vertical Grid controls introduce a quick way to pad their in-place editors and/or headers and adjust the spacing between certain UI elements. Use the new TdxVisualRefinements.Padding and TdxVisualRefinements.HeaderPadding class properties to specify the padding for each side of an element.
• New Display Style for Filter Criteria - The Filter Box available in the VCL Grid, TreeList, and Vertical Grid controls now supports a new visual style displayed in the image below. This style helps end-users easily differentiate between colorized filter items, modify or clear individual filter conditions.

Grid Control

• Custom Row Layouts in Table and Banded Table Views (CTP) - Custom row layouts allow users to arrange cells in a way similar to the one Layout View provides, with numerous customization options available at design and runtime.
• Performance Enhancements
  • Content is rendered up to two times faster.
  • Layout calculations in Banded Table Views are up to three times faster.
  • OnGetFilterValues event handlers almost instantly populate filter dropdowns with items.
  • Lookup column values are sorted 30% faster.

Spreadsheet

• Ability to obtain document metadata, modify and save the changes you made to it.
• New built-in dialogs that allow users to manage defined names.

Layout Control

• Performance Enhancements in Customization Mode
  • Selection is updated 25 times faster than in previous versions.
  • The optimized drag-and-drop operations make the UI more responsive and accelerate layout calculations by 30%.
• Miscellaneous Enhancements
  • The SizeOptions.MaxWidth and SizeOptions.MaxHeight properties now operate as dimension constraints in layout items and groups.
  • Ability to shorten long element captions with an ellipsis and specify its position.