[Solved] Can't hide edit column without Insert row being affected

[Adam]

My problem is I want to hide the edit column in my RadGrid and only show the "Delete" column and at the bottom a link to let the user insert or add a new record. If I do not hide the edit column then click my command button to show the insert code it works fine and I see an Insert and Cancel link. However, if I add visible = "false" to the GridEditCommandColumn like this:

<telerik:GridEditCommandColumn Visible="true" />

then all of a sudden my Insert and Cancel buttons disappear when in insert mode yet the form field is still there. I have also tried to hide the column programmatically in PreRender but the same thing happens. Please advise on how to hide the edit column without affecting the insert functionality.

<telerik:RadGrid ID="myGrid" runat="server"
                    OnInsertCommand="myGrid_OnInsertCommand"
                    OnNeedDataSource="myGrid_OnNeedDataSource"
                    OnDeleteCommand="myGrid_OnDeleteCommand"
                    OnColumnCreated="myGrid_OnColumnCreated"
                    OnPreRender="myGrid_PreRender1"
                    Width="500px" AutoGenerateDeleteColumn="True" AllowFilteringByColumn="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                    GridLines="None">

                    <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="PhoneNumber" EditMode="InPlace" InsertItemDisplay="Bottom"
                        CommandItemDisplay="Bottom">
                        <RowIndicatorColumn>
                            <HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
                        </RowIndicatorColumn>
                        <ExpandCollapseColumn>
                            <HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
                        </ExpandCollapseColumn>
                        <Columns>
                            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="PhoneNumber" HeaderText="Phone Number" UniqueName="PhoneNumber">
                            </telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                            <telerik:GridEditCommandColumn Visible="false"  />
                        </Columns>
                        <EditFormSettings>
                            <EditColumn UniqueName="EditCommandColumn1"  >
                            </EditColumn>
                        </EditFormSettings>
                        <CommandItemTemplate>
                            <div style="padding: 3px;">
                                <asp:ImageButton ID="addNewPhonelistImg" runat="server" ImageUrl="add.gif" CommandName="InitInsert" />
                                <asp:LinkButton CommandName="InitInsert" ID="addNewPhonelist" Text="Insert New Phone Number"
                                    runat="server" Font-Size="Small" />
                            </div>
                        </CommandItemTemplate>
                    </MasterTableView>
                    <FilterMenu>

                    </FilterMenu>
                </telerik:RadGrid>

[Princy]

Hello Adam,

When using Inplace editmode, you need to have the EditCommandColumn displayed inorder to show the insert and cancel buttons. If you want to hide the EditCommandColumn but still display the insert and cancel buttons, then you can either use EditForms OR use the following code to conditionally hide the EditCommandColumn:
c#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
   {
       if (e.Item is GridDataInsertItem && e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)
        {
            RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumn("EditCommandColumnUniqueName").Visible = true;
            foreach (GridDataItem dataItem in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items)
            {
                ((LinkButton)dataItem["EditCommandColumnUniqueName"].Controls[0]).Visible = false;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumn("EditCommandColumnUniqueName").Visible = false;
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.