Hiding the Expand/Collapse Images
You can disable the GridGroupSplitterColumn so that users can't collapse the groups in a grid. The following steps describe how to accomplish this:
- Set the grid's ClientSettings.Resizing.AllowColumnResize property to True.
- Add a ColumnCreated event handler to the grid. In the ColumnCreated event handler, when the column is a GridGroupSplitterColumn
- Set its Width property to 1px.
- Set its Resizable *property to *False.*
- Remove the unwanted button on ItemCreated
- (Optional) If desired, change the style of the group header items (based on the group level) in the ItemDataBound event handler.
Note that if the GroupSplitterColumn cells have side paddings (and they do when using embedded skins), you need to remove those paddings, otherwise the column cells will remain visible in IE7 and below. One way to remove the paddings is to use HeaderStyle-CssClass and ItemStyle-CssClass, or (if using RadGrid 2009.1+) to use the native CSS class for the GroupSplitterColumn cells (note that a custom CSS class for the RadGrid is used, otherwise you will remove the paddings from all RadGrids on the page (or website):
.rgGroupCol
{
padding-left: 0 !important;
padding-right: 0 !important;
}
protected void RadGrid1_ColumnCreated(object sender, GridColumnCreatedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Column is GridGroupSplitterColumn)
{
e.Column.HeaderStyle.Width = Unit.Pixel(1);
e.Column.HeaderStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Point(1);
e.Column.ItemStyle.Width = Unit.Pixel(1);
e.Column.ItemStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Point(1);
e.Column.Resizable = false;
}
}
protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item is GridGroupHeaderItem)
{
(e.Item as GridGroupHeaderItem).Cells[0].Controls.Clear();
}
}
Protected Sub RadGrid1_ColumnCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridColumnCreatedEventArgs)
If TypeOf e.Column Is GridGroupSplitterColumn Then
e.Column.HeaderStyle.Width = Unit.Pixel(1)
e.Column.HeaderStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Point(1)
e.Column.ItemStyle.Width = Unit.Pixel(1)
e.Column.ItemStyle.Font.Size = FontUnit.Point(1)
e.Column.Resizable = False
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridItemEventArgs)
If TypeOf e.Item Is GridGroupHeaderItem Then
TryCast(e.Item, GridGroupHeaderItem).Cells(0).Controls.Clear()
End If
End Sub
protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Item is GridGroupHeaderItem)
{
GridGroupHeaderItem item = e.Item as GridGroupHeaderItem;
if (item.GroupIndex.Split('_').Length == 4)
{
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Beige;
}
else if (item.GroupIndex.Split('_').Length == 3)
{
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Bisque;
}
else if (item.GroupIndex.Split('_').Length == 2)
{
e.Item.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue;
}
else if (item.GroupIndex.Split('_').Length == 1)
{
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Coral;
}
}
}
Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As GridItemEventArgs)
If TypeOf e.Item Is GridGroupHeaderItem Then
Dim item As GridGroupHeaderItem = CType(e.Item, GridGroupHeaderItem)
If item.GroupIndex.Split("_").Length = 4 Then
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Beige
ElseIf item.GroupIndex.Split("_").Length = 3 Then
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Bisque
ElseIf item.GroupIndex.Split("_").Length = 2 Then
e.Item.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue
ElseIf item.GroupIndex.Split("_").Length = 1 Then
e.Item.BackColor = Color.Coral
End If
End If
End Sub