Title: Moving rows and columns of a StringGrid by code
Question: The user can move rows and columns of a StringGrid with the mouse. Can it also be done by code? In the help for TCustomGrid you can see the methods MoveColumn and MoveRow, but they are hidden in TStringGrid
Answer:
MOVING ROWS AND COLUMNAS OF A STRINGGRID BY CODE
The user can move rows and columns of a StringGrid with the mouse. Can it also be done by code? In the help for TCustomGrid you can see the methods MoveColumn and MoveRow, but they are hidden in TStringGrid. We can make them accessible again by subclassing TStringGrid and declaring these methods as public:
type
TStringGridX = class(TStringGrid)
public
procedure MoveColumn(FromIndex, ToIndex: Longint);
procedure MoveRow(FromIndex, ToIndex: Longint);
end;
The implementation of these methods simply consists of invoking the corresponding method of the ancestor:
procedure TStringGridX.MoveColumn(FromIndex, ToIndex: Integer);
begin
inherited;
end;
procedure TStringGridX.MoveRow(FromIndex, ToIndex: Integer);
begin
inherited;
end;
You don't have to register this component in the Components Palette. Use a TStringGrid or any TCustomGrid descendant, and when you need to call these methods simply cast the object to the new class. For example:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
TStringGridX(StringGrid1).MoveColumn(1, 3);
end;