[Solved] Chnage the text of Edit, Update, Cancel link buttons

[Clive Hoggar]

Hi

I have a grid that uses the automatically generated Edit column edit form.
Can I modify the text of these link buttons in the automatic mode?

The documentation seemsto refer to the non-automatic case.

Thanks

Clive

[Princy]

Hello Clive,

You can try out the following code to set a custom text for the AutoGeneratedEdit column:
c#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
       if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            ((LinkButton)item["AutoGeneratedEditColumn"].Controls[0]).Text = "CustomEdit";
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.

[Clive Hoggar]

Princy,

Thank for quick answer.

I am working in vb so converted this to

Protected Sub RadGrid2_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs)
        If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem Then
            Dim item As GridDataItem = DirectCast(e.Item, GridDataItem)
            DirectCast(item("AutoGeneratedEditColumn").Controls(0), LinkButton).Text = "More"
        End If
    End Sub

(Grid ID is RadGrid2 in my case)

There were no run-time errors, but it did not actually change the 'Edit' link so I am not sure where
 to go now. Does this vb look OK?.

Also how do I refer to the 'Update' and 'Cancel' links in the automatic edit form?

Clive

[Daniel]

Hello Clive,

Please try the following approach (for EditForms mode):

Protected Sub RadGrid1_ItemCreated(sender As Object, e As GridItemEventArgs)
    If TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem AndAlso Not e.Item.IsInEditMode Then
        Dim edtBtn As LinkButton = TryCast(e.Item.FindControl("AutogeneratedEditButton"), LinkButton)
        edtBtn.Text = "_edit_"
    End If
    If e.Item.IsInEditMode Then
        Dim updBtn As LinkButton = TryCast(e.Item.FindControl("UpdateButton"), LinkButton)
        Dim cncBtn As LinkButton = TryCast(e.Item.FindControl("CancelButton"), LinkButton)
        updBtn.Text = "_update_"
        cncBtn.Text = "_cancel_"
    End If
End Sub

Note that the names of Update/Cancel buttons in InPlace mode are different:
Cancel: AutoGeneratedCancelButton
Update: AutoGeneratedUpdateButton

Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

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