A smart tag represents a short-cut Tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties of a component. To access the C1GridView Tasks menu, click the smart tag in the upper-right corner of the C1GridView control. The C1GridView Tasks menu appears.

Note that when the grid is bound to a data source, the Tasks menu lists additional options and appears similar to the following:

The C1GridView Tasks menu operates as follows:

• Choose Data Source
  Choose an existing data source or create a new connection through the Data Source Configuration Wizard. See Binding the Grid to a Data Source for more information.
• Configure Data Source
  This option invokes the Data Source Configuration Wizard to configure the data source. This option only appears if the C1GridView control is bound to a data source.
• Refresh Schema
  This option refreshes the data source's schema. This option only appears if the C1GridView control is bound to a data source.
• Property builder
  Opens the Property builder where you can set properties and customize the grid. See Property Builder for more information.
• Load Layout
  Allows you to load an XML layout file. When you click this option the Open dialog box opens allowing you to select a file to load.
• Save Layout
  Allows you to save the layout file as an XML file. When you click this option the Save dialog box opens allowing you to select a file to load.
• Theme
  Clicking the Theme drop-down box allows you to select from various visual schemes. For more information about available visual styles, see Themes.
• Create new theme…
  The Create new theme… option opens ThemeRoller for Visual Studio. This allows you to customize a theme without leaving your development environment. To find more information on using ThemeRoller in your application, see ThemeRoller for Visual Studio.
• Use CDN
  Selecting the Use CDN check box will indicate that the widget extender must load client resources from a content delivery network. By default this box is not checked.
• CDN Path
  Indicates the path for the content delivery network. Enter a URL here to change the path.
• Use Bootstrap
  Selecting the Use Bootstrap option applies Bootstrap theming to your control. To find more information on using Bootstrap theming in your application, see Bootstrap Theming.
• Mobile Mode
  Enables/Disables the mobile mode.
• About
  Clicking the About item displays a dialog box, which is helpful in finding the version number of ASP.NET Web Forms Edition and online resources.
• Add Extender
  Clicking the Add Extender item opens the Extender Wizard, allowing you to add an extender to the control.
• Edit Templates
  Clicking this option invokes Template Editing Mode.
• Enable Combined Javascripts
  Checking on this property combines all the required javascript files into one file.
• Enable Conditional Dependencies
  This property registers dependency resources according to the selected control's settings. It adds only those javascripts files on the page that are required to carry out a specific operation. This results in faster page load and optimized grid performance.