The column header is a widget that is represented by the NColumnHeader class and is accessible from the NColumn.Header property. The column header has three child elements - content, filter button and sorting button as demonstrated by the following image:

The content element of the column header is accessible from the Content property of NColumnHeader. By default the content is a NLabel widget that is automatically recreated when you change the NColumn.Title property. The following code example changes the column title:

column.Title = "My Column Title";

The column header automatically recreates the content element when the Title property has changed. You can however make a custom column header by handling the CreateHeaderContentDelegate delegate:

column.CreateHeaderContentDelegate = delegate(NColumn theColumn)
{
    NPairBox pairBox = new NPairBox(NResources.Image__16x16_Gender_png, theColumn.Title, ENPairBoxRelation.Box1BeforeBox2);
    pairBox.Spacing = 2;
    return pairBox;
};
column.UpdateHeaderContent();

To force column recreation you can either change the Title property or call the UpdateHeaderContent() method.

The filter button of the column header is accessible from the FilterButton property of NColumnHeader. When clicked this button invokes the Filters Editor, which lets you define filtering rules associated with the column. 

The visibility of the filter button is controlled by the NColumnHeader.ShowFilterButton property. The value of this property by default depends on the NColumn.AllowFilter and NGrid.AllowColumnsFilter, so in practice you will more likely prevent the column or the grid from filtering, rather that simply hiding the filter button. See Grid Protection and Column- Protection for more info.