Xceed DataGrid for WPF v7.2 Documentation
Preventing grouping and sorting

The following example demonstrates how to bind a grid to the Orders table and prevent columns from being sorted and reordered and groups from being created or removed. By default, the ShipCountry and ShipCity columns will be sorted, grouped, and fixed.

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<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid"
      xmlns:d="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Data;assembly=PresentationFramework"
      xmlns:scm="clr-namespace:System.ComponentModel;assembly=WindowsBase">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders"
                                    Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current},
                                                      Path=Orders}">
      <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
        <scm:SortDescription PropertyName="ShipCountry" Direction="Ascending"/>
        <scm:SortDescription PropertyName="ShipCity" Direction="Ascending"/>
      </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
      <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
        <xcdg:DataGridGroupDescription PropertyName="ShipCountry"/>
        <xcdg:DataGridGroupDescription PropertyName="ShipCity"/>
      </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
    </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"
                        ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}">      
    <xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
      <xcdg:Column FieldName="ShipCountry" VisiblePosition="0"/>
      <xcdg:Column FieldName="ShipCity" VisiblePosition="1"/>
    </xcdg:DataGridControl.Columns>
    <xcdg:DataGridControl.View>
      <xcdg:TableView FixedColumnCount="2" UseDefaultHeadersFooters="False">
        <xcdg:TableView.FixedHeaders>
          <DataTemplate>
            <xcdg:GroupByControl AllowSort="False" AllowGroupingModification="False"/>
          </DataTemplate>
          <DataTemplate>
            <xcdg:ColumnManagerRow AllowSort="False" AllowColumnReorder="False"/>
          </DataTemplate>
        </xcdg:TableView.FixedHeaders>
      </xcdg:TableView>
    </xcdg:DataGridControl.View>
  </xcdg:DataGridControl>
</Grid>