DataGrid | Detail (Breakdown) Rows

Set a RowDetailTemplate and the grid grows a caret column at the leading edge. Expanding a row opens a full-width row beneath it, bound to that row’s item, and it can host anything — a summary, a chart, a nested grid, a form.

@* Blazor - the template's context is the row's item *@
<DataGrid TItem="Person" Items="people" ExpandMode="DataGridExpandMode.Multiple">
    <Columns>
        <PropertyColumn Property="x => x.FirstName" Title="First" />
        <PropertyColumn Property="x => x.Salary" Format="C0" />
    </Columns>
    <RowDetailTemplate>
        <strong>Breakdown for @context.FirstName @context.LastName</strong>
        <div>Location: @context.Location</div>
        <div>Cost centre: @context.CostCentre</div>
    </RowDetailTemplate>
</DataGrid>

<!-- MAUI - the template's BindingContext is the row's item -->
<shiny:DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding People}">
    <shiny:DataGrid.RowDetailTemplate>
        <DataTemplate x:DataType="local:Person">
            <VerticalStackLayout Spacing="4">
                <Label Text="{Binding FirstName, StringFormat='Breakdown for {0}'}" FontAttributes="Bold" />
                <Label Text="{Binding Salary, StringFormat='Salary: {0:C0}'}" />
                <shiny:PillView Text="{Binding StatusText}" HorizontalOptions="Start" />
            </VerticalStackLayout>
        </DataTemplate>
    </shiny:DataGrid.RowDetailTemplate>
    <shiny:DataGridColumn Title="First" PropertyName="FirstName" />
    <shiny:DataGridColumn Title="Salary" PropertyName="Salary" StringFormat="{}{0:C0}" />
</shiny:DataGrid>

• ExpandMode — Multiple (default) or Single, which closes whatever was open before.
• IsRowExpandable — a per-item veto. Return false and the row shows no caret and cannot be opened; use it for rows with nothing to break down.
• ExpandOnRowTap (MAUI) / ExpandOnRowClick (Blazor) — off by default, so a tap stays free for selection and editing. The caret is the affordance.
• Drive it from code with ExpandRow / CollapseRow / ToggleRow / ExpandAll / CollapseAll / IsRowExpanded (Blazor’s are the …Async forms), and react with the RowExpanded / RowCollapsed events. Blazor also exposes a bindable ExpandedItems.

Expansion is keyed on the data item, not the row, so it survives the rebuild that sorting, filtering or paging causes — reorder the grid and the same rows are still open. The detail content stays pinned to the leading edge while the columns scroll sideways (MAUI translates the pane the way it does for group headers; Blazor uses position: sticky), so a breakdown never slides out of view.

Next Steps

Topic	Description
Async Detail & IsBusy	fetch a breakdown on demand
TreeDataGrid	the same grid in hierarchy mode