Telerik RadGrid is designed to eliminate the typical tradeoff associated with ASP.NET grid
controls - rich functionality at the expense of weight and performance. Thanks to its innovative
architecture Telerik RadGrid is extremely fast and generates very little output. Added to this is
true cross browser support - Internet Explorer, all Gecko-based browsers, and Opera.
At the same time Telerik RadGrid delivers top-of-the line features:
Interoperability with RadAjax and loading indicators - dramatically improves the responsiveness of the component, simulates Windows-application like behavior, and minimizes the traffic to the server.
Codeless DataBinding using the DataSourceControls introduced in ASP.NET 2.x/3.x
Data-Binding to business objects, sub-objects and nullable objects, client-side binding through web services or page methods
Rich client-side functionality - expand/collapse, delete, resize, reorder, select, scroll (with option for static headers and static columns), etc.
Filtering for all built-in column types, option for switching the default filter textboxes with other controls
Hierarchical grids with multiple tables at any level, templates for detail tables, self-referencing hierarchy
Item templates/Card View support
Outlook style grouping for flat and hierarchical grids
Group footers/standard column footers with declarative aggregates calculation, calculated columns
Customizable radconfirm dialogs
Client/Server/AJAX hierarchy and group load modes
Auto-generated In-Place/EditForms/PopUp editing, UserControls and Templates as Custom Edit Forms
Conditional Formatting
Easily customizable skinning mechanism (setting single Skin property of the grid)
Keyboard support
Automatic, Multi-Column and Custom Sorting
AJAX-based Virtual Scrolling for instant navigation in large data structures
Standard, Advanced, Alphabetical and Custom Paging, SEO-Friendly Paging, Pager Template Support
Area and Multi-Row Client/Server Selection
Flexible edit form validation mechanism
Various column types
Export to Excel/Word, PDF, CSV
Header context menu for column sorting/grouping/filtering or changing the columns visibility
Option to display the grid data in ListView/DataList-like layout
ControlState support
Option for AutoPostBack when clicking anywhere in a row
XHTML 1.1 and Accessibility Compliance (WCAG Level A)
Built-in Right-to-left and ASP.NET localization support
WAI ARIA support
Drag-to-group and drag-to-reorder columns support for mobile devices