Greetings,
I am using the RadGrid control with advanced data binding, virtualization and infinite scrolling and everything is going well. However, I need to perform some actions on the rows that are data-dependent. For this, I am using the ItemDataBound server-side event and OnRowDataBound client-side event. However, this seems to come with an implementation and maintenance overhead, since I have to basically implement the same behavior twice, in two diferent places and two different languages. Reading through the documentation and other posts, this seems to be a virtualization limitation, and the consequence of the fact that the initial dataset is bound server-side, while subsequently fetched rows are bound client-side? (like this answer would suggest: https://www.telerik.com/forums/radgrid-not-upating-columns-with-virtualization-enabled#4166877 )
I am curious if there would be a way to avoid this duplication - either by somehow manually evaluating OnRowDataBound function for the initial dataset, or perhaps by returning 0 rows in the NeedsDataSource method for initial load, and then triggering a client-side fetch after the "empty" grid is rendered? Even if this would cause an extra http request, it seems like a preferable alternative in my case.
Best regards,
Marko
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Hi Marko,
Thank you for sharing your idea with us!
We appreciate your input regarding our Virtualization feature in RadGrid. After reviewing your suggestion, I want to inform you that, given the current implementation, the approach you've described is indeed the recommended one.
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