By default, the header area of a data grid is not word wrapped making it in effect restricted to a single line entry. For short lines of text, this does not present a problem. But sometimes the header text cannot be short.

DGH now allows you customize the data grid header display to allow header labels to be word wrapped and thus allows for longer text strings.

Create some new columns inside the data grid. For this example we will create three.

Select column 3 and expand the Columns topic in the Property list.

Double-click in the Value area next to the Label item in the Columns topic.

Enter a long label, such as "This is a very long label for a column header".

As it stands, the text for the header is way too long to fully show in the column header space. Of course we could make the column wider, but this may not be desirable.

Rather than changing column widths, we will word wrap the text in the header area.

Now that the header template is active, drag and drop the Column Label control (1) from the Label Header (2) line to inside the Template Area (3).

Note: Even though it may not be visible here, DGH has created all the other controls necessary to enable our new custom header to behave in the same way as a standard data grid table header so, for example, we will able to click on our new header and sort its column just as we would expect.

Click the Update button to apply this change to DGH's Column Builder Preview. (3)

Once updated, the Update button is disabled.

Now click the Apply button to apply the changes the selected data grid. (1)

Then click the Grid (2) button to close the Column Builder view and return to the Table Properties view.

Double-click in the text entry area and enter a larger value, such as 55 and press <enter> (or <tab>) to accept the value.

The data grid, with our custom header for column 3 will immediately effect this change and the label text is displayed word wrapped as desired.