Change grid properties based on condition/role

[Paul Sheridan]

Hi All,

I was wondering if something I used frequently in the MVC suite is available in the framework release of the kendoui grid.

Basically I tend to vary the columns/edit function of a grid based on user role = Previously I would do something like this..

var grid = Html.Telerik().Grid<StaffRoleGridItem>()

        .Name("OStaffRoles")

            .DataBinding(db =>

            {

                db.Ajax()

                    .Select("_ListUsers", "Ajax", new { type = Model.Type });

            })

            .Columns(c =>

            {

                c.Bound(o => o.Id).Hidden();

                c.Bound(o => o.Name).Title("User/Group Name");

                c.Bound(o => o.Role).Title("Role in Project");

            });

                 

    if ((POModel.ViewMode)ViewBag.Mode == PMOBaseModel.ViewMode.CREATE)

    {

        grid

            .DataKeys(keys => keys.Add(o => o.Id))

            .ToolBar(cmd =>

                {

                    cmd.Insert().ButtonType(GridButtonType.Text).ImageHtmlAttributes(new { style = "margin-left: 0" }).Text("Add New Role");

                })

            .DataBinding(db =>

                {

                    db.Ajax()

                        .Insert("_InsertUser", "Ajax", new { type = Model.Type })

                        .Update("_EditUser", "Ajax", new { type = Model.Type })

                        .Delete("_DeleteUser", "Ajax", new { type = Model.Type });

                })

            .Columns(c =>

                {

                    c.Command(cmd =>

                    {

                        cmd.Edit().ButtonType(GridButtonType.Text);

                        cmd.Delete().ButtonType(GridButtonType.Text);

                    }).Width(190);

                })

            .Editable(e => e.Mode(GridEditMode.InLine))

            .ClientEvents(ev => ev.OnEdit("onRoleEdit"));

    }

    grid.Render();

Calling the .Render() function of the MVC grid late gives me the option to change its nature based on the roles attributed to the user.

Does anyone know of a method to do something similar to this in the clientside JS for the grid?

any help appreciated.