Explore all of the features offered by the C1DataGrid control. You can download the matrix in PDF.
Data Binding
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Bound mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unbound mode | ✓ |
Layout and Appearance
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Themes | 17 Theme | 17 Theme | |
| ClearStyle | ✓ |
Presentation
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Autogenerate Columns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text Column | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CheckBox Column | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ComboBox Column | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hyperlink Column | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DateTime Column | ✓ | ||
| Numeric Column | ✓ | ||
| Image Column | ✓ | ||
| Frozen Columns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frozen Rows | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Custom Columns | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Rows | ✓ | ||
| Custom Cells (Cell Factory) | ✓ | ||
| Add New Row | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Merged Cells | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Row Details | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Hierarchical View | ✓ | with custom code |
Sorting
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| ICollectionView | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Filtering
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| ICollectionView | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Excel-like Filtering | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Filter Row | with custom code | ✓ | |
| Custom Filters | ✓ | ||
| Full-text Search | ✓ |
Grouping
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| ICollectionView | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag and Drop Grouping | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Subtotals | ✓ | ✓ |
Editing
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| In-cell Editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Validation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IDataErrorInfo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IEditableObject | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ICustomTypeDescriptor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Annotations | ✓ | ✓ |
Printing
| Feature | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Printing | ✓ | ✓ |
Export
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Excel | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Text | ✓ | ||
| HTML | ✓ |
Ux
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Keyboard Navigation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RTL Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Touch Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clipboard Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple Selection Modes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Localization
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| .NET Localization Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Included Translations | 25 Languages | 25 Languages | ✓ |
| Regional Settings (Number, date, currency) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Performance
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Deferred Scrolling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UI Virtualization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Server-side Data Virtualization with C1DataSource | ✓ | ✓ |
Other
| Features | C1FlexGrid | C1DataGrid | MS DataGrid |
| Design-time Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WPF/Silverlight Compatibility | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| UI Automation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assembly Size | 287 KB | 797 KB | part of PresentationFramework.dll |
