Custom Column, can't insert before size

[Matt Dawdy]

The File Explorer gives you 2 columns out of the box, name and size.  I want to use Name for my databases id field, and add "Display Name" or something to the control, but I want it to appear in front of the "Size" column.  Needless to say I'm providing my own ContentProvider, too.

It works fine if I add the new column to the end of the list, but not if I try to insert it, or to "AddAt".

// Works ok, but not what I need

RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns.Add(gridTemplateColumn1);

// Doesn't work like I need.

RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns.Insert(1, gridTemplateColumn1);

// Doesn't work like I need.

RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns.AddAt(1, gridTemplateColumn1);

Oh --forgot to mention that I'm going to hide the existing Name column after that.

RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns[0].Display = false;

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

[Dobromir]

Hi Matt,

I already answered the support ticket on the subject. If you somehow missed my answer I will paste it here as well:

At present, RadFileExplorer does not offer the possibility to re-order the default columns. For the time being, as a workaround I suggest you create and add the required Grid columns(and their order) using the approach provided in this live demo, e.g.:

public override DirectoryItem ResolveDirectory(string path)
 {
     .....

     foreach (FileItem fileItem in oldItem.Files)
     {
         .....
         fileItem.Attributes.Add("Size", fInfo.Length.ToString());
         .....
     }

     return oldItem;
 }

 

After that hide the default columns using the following code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns[0].Display = false;
     RadFileExplorer1.Grid.Columns[1].Display = false;
}

I hope this helps.

All the best,
Dobromir
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[Grady Hawley]

That worked great!  Thank you very much.