DevExtreme Angular - Grouping

A user can group data in the DataGrid using a column header's context menu or the group panel.

Assigning true to the grouping.contextMenuEnabled option adds grouping commands to the context menu. Setting the groupPanel.visible option to true shows the group panel. The latter option also accepts the "auto" value that hides the group panel on small screens.

$(function () {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        grouping: {
            contextMenuEnabled: true
        },
        groupPanel: {
            visible: true   // or "auto"
        }
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...>
    <dxo-grouping 
        [contextMenuEnabled]="true"> 
    </dxo-grouping>
    <dxo-group-panel 
        [visible]="true"> <!-- or "auto" -->
    </dxo-group-panel>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

You can prevent a user from dragging columns to the group panel, in which case it becomes an informative component only: a user can see the columns that participate in grouping, but cannot change them. Set the groupPanel.allowColumnDragging option to false to activate this behavior. You might want to group data initially in this case.

$(function() {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        groupPanel: {
            visible: true,
            allowColumnDragging: false
        }
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ... >
    <dxo-group-panel 
        [visible]="true"
        [allowColumnDragging]="false"> 
    </dxo-group-panel>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

If a specific column should never take part in grouping, set its allowGrouping option to false. Such a column cannot be dragged to the group panel, and its context menu does not contain grouping commands.

$(function() {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        columns: [{
            dataField: "id",
            allowGrouping: false
        }, 
        // ...
        ]
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...>
    <dxi-column 
        dataField="id" 
        [allowGrouping]="false">
    </dxi-column>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Local Grouping Demo Remote Grouping Demo

A user expands or collapses a group row by clicking its expand/collapse button.

Set the grouping.expandMode option to "rowClick" to allow a user to expand or collapse a group row by clicking it as it could be difficult to press this button on small-screen devices.

$(function () {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        grouping: {
            // ...
            expandMode: "rowClick"  // or "buttonClick"
        }
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...>
    <dxo-grouping ...
        expandMode="rowClick">  <!-- or "buttonClick" -->
    </dxo-grouping>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

You can prevent a user from expanding and collapsing groups by assigning false to the grouping.allowCollapsing option. After that, you can expand and collapse groups only programmatically.

$(function () {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        grouping: {
            // ...
            allowCollapsing: false
        }
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...>
    <dxo-grouping ...
        [autoExpandAll]="true"
        [allowCollapsing]="false">
    </dxo-grouping>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Usually, users ungroup data using the same context menu and group panel that they use for grouping. The context menu is now available not only for column headers but for group rows as well.

When ungrouping data with the group panel, users drag-and-drop column headers from it back to other column headers. If reordering is enabled, the column is placed where its header lands; if not, it gets its position from the columns array.

See Also

• Clear Grouping Using the API
• DataGrid Demos

A group index is a non-negative integer that specifies a column's group order. This column's values become group keys. A nested group's key includes all parent groups' keys.

Assign a non-negative integer to the columns.groupIndex option to group data initially. In the following example, data is first grouped by the "Continent" field, then by the "Country" field.

$(function () {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        // ...
        columns: [
            { dataField: 'Country', groupIndex: 1 },
            { dataField: 'Continent', groupIndex: 0 },
            // ...
        ]
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...>
    <dxi-column 
        dataField="Country"
        [groupIndex]="1">
    </dxi-column>
    <dxi-column 
        dataField="Continent"
        [groupIndex]="0">
    </dxi-column>
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

You can change a column's groupIndex at runtime using the columnOption(id, optionName, optionValue) method.

$("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("columnOption", "City", "groupIndex", 0);

import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
    groupByCity() () {
        this.dataGrid.instance.columnOption("City", "groupIndex", 0);
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

See Also

• User Interaction - Group Data

The DataGrid provides the following API for expanding and collapsing groups:

• All groups
  You can expand and collapse all groups at once by calling the expandAll(groupIndex) and collapseAll(groupIndex) methods without arguments. Groups appear already expanded, a behavior you can change by setting the grouping.autoExpandAll option to false.

  jQuery

  JavaScript

  $(function () {
      var dataGrid = $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
          // ...
          grouping: { 
              autoExpandAll: false
          }
      }).dxDataGrid("instance");
      function expandAll () {
          dataGrid.expandAll();
      }
      function collapseAll () {
          dataGrid.collapseAll();
      }
  });

  Angular

  HTML

  TypeScript

  <dx-data-grid ... >
      <dxo-grouping 
          [autoExpandAll]="false">
      </dxo-grouping>
  </dx-data-grid>

  import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
  import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
  // ...
  export class AppComponent {
      @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
      collapseAll () {
          this.dataGrid.instance.collapseAll();
      }
      expandAll () {
          this.dataGrid.instance.expandAll();
      }
  }
  @NgModule({
      imports: [
          // ...
          DxDataGridModule
      ],
      // ...
  })

• Groups of a specific level
  The same expandAll(groupIndex) and collapseAll(groupIndex) methods expand and collapse groups of a specific level if you pass a non-negative integer as the groupIndex parameter to them. It is the same groupIndex that a column gets when it participates in grouping. The column's autoExpandGroup option specifies the initial state of groups of this level.

  jQuery

  JavaScript

  $(function () {
      var dataGrid = $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
          // ...
          columns: [
              { dataField: 'firstName', groupIndex: 0 },
              { dataField: 'lastName', groupIndex: 1, autoExpandGroup: false },
              // ...
          ]
      }).dxDataGrid("instance");
      function expandDataGroupedByLastName () {
          dataGrid.expandAll(1);
      }
  });

  Angular

  HTML

  TypeScript

  <dx-data-grid ... >
      <dxi-column 
          dataField="firstName"
          [groupIndex]="0">
      </dxi-column>
      <dxi-column 
          dataField="lastName"
          [groupIndex]="1"
          [autoExpandGroup]="false">
      </dxi-column>
  </dx-data-grid>

  import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
  import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
  // ...
  export class AppComponent {
      @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
      expandDataGroupedByLastName () {
          this.dataGrid.instance.expandAll(1);
      }
  }
  @NgModule({
      imports: [
          // ...
          DxDataGridModule
      ],
      // ...
  })

• Individual groups
  The expandRow(key) and collapseRow(key) methods expand and collapse an individual group. You can check the group's current state using the isRowExpanded(key) method.

  jQuery

  JavaScript

  function toggleGroup (groupKey) {
      var dataGrid = $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("instance");
      if (dataGrid.isRowExpanded(groupKey)) {
          dataGrid.collapseRow(groupKey);
      } else {
          dataGrid.expandRow(groupKey);
      }
  }

  Angular

  TypeScript

  import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
  import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
  // ...
  export class AppComponent {
      @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
      toggleGroup (groupKey) {
          if (this.dataGrid.instance.isRowExpanded(groupKey)) {
              this.dataGrid.instance.collapseRow(groupKey);
          } else {
              this.dataGrid.instance.expandRow(groupKey);
          }
      }
  }
  @NgModule({
      imports: [
          // ...
          DxDataGridModule
      ],
      // ...
  })

See Also

• Group Index and Key
• User Interaction - Expand and Collapse Groups

Set a column's groupIndex to undefined using the columnOption(id, optionName, optionValue) method to ungroup data by this column.

$("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("columnOption", "City", "groupIndex", undefined);

import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
    clearGroupingByCity() () {
        this.dataGrid.instance.columnOption("City", "groupIndex", undefined);
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

You can ungroup data by all columns at once using the clearGrouping() method.

$("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("clearGrouping");

import { ..., ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDataGridModule, DxDataGridComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild(DxDataGridComponent) dataGrid: DxDataGridComponent;
    clearGrouping() () {
        this.dataGrid.instance.clearGrouping();
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

See Also

• Call Methods: jQuery | Angular | AngularJS | Knockout | ASP.NET MVC
• User Interaction - Clear Grouping

You can execute certain commands before or after a row was expanded or collapsed by handling the rowExpanding, rowExpanded, rowCollapsing or rowCollapsed event. Assign event handling functions to the corresponding onEventName options when you configure the widget if these functions are going to remain unchanged.

$(function() {
    $("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid({
        onRowExpanding: function (e) {
            // Handler of the "rowExpanding" event
        },
        onRowExpanded: function (e) {
            // Handler of the "rowExpanded" event
        },
        onRowCollapsing: function (e) {
            // Handler of the "rowCollapsing" event
        },
        onRowCollapsed: function (e) {
            // Handler of the "rowCollapsed" event
        }
    });
});

<dx-data-grid ...
    (onRowExpanding)="onRowExpanding($event)"
    (onRowExpanded)="onRowExpanded($event)"
    (onRowCollapsing)="onRowCollapsing($event)"
    (onRowCollapsed)="onRowCollapsed($event)">
</dx-data-grid>

import { DxDataGridModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    onRowExpanding (e) {
        // Handler of the "rowExpanding" event
    },
    onRowExpanded (e) {
        // Handler of the "rowExpanded" event
    },
    onRowCollapsing (e) {
        // Handler of the "rowCollapsing" event
    },
    onRowCollapsed (e) {
        // Handler of the "rowCollapsed" event
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDataGridModule
    ],
    // ...
})

If you are going to change event handlers at runtime, or if you need to attach several handlers to a single event, subscribe to the events using the on(eventName, eventHandler) method. This approach is more typical of jQuery.

var rowCollapsedEventHandler1 = function (e) {
    // First handler of the "rowCollapsed" event
};

var rowCollapsedEventHandler2 = function (e) {
    // Second handler of the "rowCollapsed" event
};

$("#dataGridContainer").dxDataGrid("instance")
    .on("rowCollapsed", rowCollapsedEventHandler1)
    .on("rowCollapsed", rowCollapsedEventHandler2);

See Also

• Handle Events: jQuery | Angular | AngularJS | Knockout | ASP.NET MVC
• DataGrid Demos