RadPanel with GridViewData Control Groupiing Expanding

[Anand]

GridView Data Control inside the RadPanelBarItem .We have data's binded on the GridView Same as on another RadPanelBarItem GridView and grouped.We grouped it.On runtime expanding a group in one gridview other panel with same name also expanding is our original functionality.It works Only second time .


RadPanelBar controls inside the ItemPanel rendering at the time of first time expanding. So we can retrieve the grid view grouping items after rendering. 

[Tina Stancheva]

Hello Anand,

Can you please elaborate on your scenario more? I am not sure I understand your issue. Does the following definition illustrates your scenario correctly:

<telerik:RadPanelBar>

            <telerik:RadPanelBarItem Header="Item 1">

                <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Left"           
                                           VerticalAlignment="Top"

                              AutoGenerateColumns="True"

                              ItemsSource="{Binding}">

                    <telerik:RadGridView.GroupDescriptors>

                        <telerik:GroupDescriptor Member="Name"

                            SortDirection="Ascending" />

                    </telerik:RadGridView.GroupDescriptors>

                </telerik:RadGridView>

            </telerik:RadPanelBarItem>

            <telerik:RadPanelBarItem Header="Item 2">

                <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"

                        AutoGenerateColumns="True" ItemsSource="{Binding}" />

            </telerik:RadPanelBarItem>

            <telerik:RadPanelBarItem Header="Item 3">

                <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"

                        AutoGenerateColumns="True" ItemsSource="{Binding}" />

            </telerik:RadPanelBarItem>

            <telerik:RadPanelBarItem Header="Item 4">

                <telerik:RadGridView HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"

                        AutoGenerateColumns="True" ItemsSource="{Binding}" />

            </telerik:RadPanelBarItem>

        </telerik:RadPanelBar>

If it does, can you list the steps reproducing the issue? If your scenario is different, can you send us a small sample illustrating it so that we can further investigate the case? Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Greetings,
Tina Stancheva
the Telerik team

[Anand]

I have attached the sample application and also the scenario here


We are trying to Expand the Group header when click on the button "Do Something2" using the Header title.It works only if we expand the PanelBar Item atleast once.

On load we tried to click the button it will not works as expected.


Test Scenario 1 (Working)
1.Run the Application 
2.Expand Both Panel1 and Panel2 once.
3.Click the "Do Something2" Button
4.Its expands both RadGrid Group.

Test Scenario 2 (NOT Working)
1.Run the Application
2.Do not Expand the Panel.
3.Click the "Do Something2" Button
4.Now Expand the Panels. (Grid Group not expand)
http://www.telerik.com/account/support-tickets/view-ticket.aspx?threadid=423122

[Tina Stancheva]

Hello Anand,

Thank you for the clarification. However in the RadPanelBar the RadPanelBarItems are realized only when they are in the viewport. This is why when a PanelBarItem is collapsed its children aren't realized. In your case before you expand the two PanelBarItems the GridView controls inside cannot be accessed.

So in most cases what we recommend to our users is to databind all properties that hold the state of the controls inside the PanelBarItems. That way when the controls are realized they will use the data properties to set their own state.

Unfortunately in your scenario this approach can't be used. Instead you will have to either handle the RadPanelBarItem.Expanded() or the RadGridView.Loaded() event to implement your group expanding logic.

Regards,
Tina Stancheva
the Telerik team