ContextMenu does not include sort options

[toddhd]

I added context menu to a page on my website, and added EnableHeaderContextMenu="true" to my parameters. But when I right click on the grid, the menu does not show any sorting options. I have this same MasterTableView on another page in the site, and it works fine. The two look the same.

<MasterTableView Width="100%" TableLayout="Auto" NoMasterRecordsText="No Items Found"
    AllowAutomaticInserts="false" AllowMultiColumnSorting="false" AutoGenerateColumns="false" EnableHeaderContextMenu="true"
    AllowPaging="true" PageSize="20" AllowSorting="true" DataKeyNames="OrderID"
    CommandItemSettings-RefreshText="Refresh List" CommandItemDisplay="Top" PagerStyle-Position="TopAndBottom"
    CommandItemSettings-ShowAddNewRecordButton="false">

The only functional difference on this page is that the grid is not initially loaded with data. It is a search page. However, even once a search is performed and data is in the grid, there are no sort options.

Any ideas?

[Tsvetoslav]

Hello Todd,

This behavior is not expected. Could you paste your entire aspx and code behind. Thanks in advance.

Greetings,
Tsvetoslav
the Telerik team

[toddhd]

I'm not opposed to sending you sample of the code, but this is proprietary information and I can't post it on a public board like this. Please let me know how I can send it to you personally.

[Tsvetoslav]

Hi Todd,

You can open up a formal support ticket and send your files as an attachment.

Greetings,
Tsvetoslav
the Telerik team

[Rayne]

This is an old thread, but I am now having the same problem. Sort options do not appear in the HeaderContextMenu. I'm using the latest version .

Here is my grid markup:

<telerik:RadGrid runat="server" ID="gridRequests" AutoGenerateColumns="False" FilterType="HeaderContext" OnItemCommand="gridRequests_OnItemCommand" AllowSorting="True">
                <MasterTableView ItemType="demnbr.Data.Request" SelectMethod="GetRequests" DataKeyNames="RequestId" EnableHeaderContextMenu="True" EnableHeaderContextFilterMenu="True"
                    AllowSorting="True" AllowNaturalSort="True" PageSize="20" AllowPaging="True" IsFilterItemExpanded="False" AllowFilteringByColumn="True">
                    <ItemStyle Wrap="True"></ItemStyle>
                    <PagerStyle AlwaysVisible="True"></PagerStyle>
                    <SortExpressions>
                        <telerik:GridSortExpression FieldName="DateRequested" SortOrder="Descending"/>
                    </SortExpressions>
                    <Columns>
                        <telerik:GridButtonColumn ButtonType="LinkButton" CommandName="EditRequest" Text="" ButtonCssClass="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil" UniqueName="EditRequestButton" EnableHeaderContextMenu="False" />
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="RequestId" AllowFiltering="False" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="DateRequested" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm tt}" HeaderText="Date Requested" />
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Requestor.FullName" HeaderText="Requested By" ItemStyle-Wrap="False"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Description" HeaderText="Description" HeaderStyle-Width="300px"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="EstimatedAmount" DataFormatString="{0:C}" HeaderText="Estimated $"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="FundCode" HeaderText="Fund Code"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="VendorName" HeaderText="Vendor Name"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="VendorID" HeaderText="Vendor Tax ID" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Status" HeaderText="Status"></telerik:GridBoundColumn>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="DemNumber" HeaderText="DEM #" ItemStyle-Wrap="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Approver.FullName" HeaderText="Approver" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="DateApproved" HeaderText="Decision Date" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Comments" HeaderText="Notes" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="TotalPaid" DataFormatString="{0:C}" HeaderText="Total Paid" Display="False"/>
                        <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="DatePaid" HeaderText="Date Paid" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" Display="False"/>
                    </Columns>
                </MasterTableView>
            </telerik:RadGrid>

Even when I remove the sortExpression, it still does not show up. I have verified this in both IE11 and Chrome in Windows 7

[Rayne]

OK. Apparently it requires AllowSorting="True" to be on the Grid, not just on the MasterTableView. I added that to my code before I posted it above, but didn't realize that was the key to making it work.

So what is the difference between the Grid and the MasterTableView and when are we supposed to add which properties where?