Custom GroupDescriptor Header

[Jayesh Valla]

Is it possible to have a different DisplayContent that is detached from the member on the GroupDescriptor object for the RadGrid?

 

Scenario: EscalationID is a guid and is set as the member. However, to make the UI user friendly. I need to change the grouping "Header" to a custom text or a different member.

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi Jayesh Valla,

The GroupDescriptor class has a property DisplayContent which you can set to any text you want.
To do so, subscribe to the Grouping event and define its handler as follows:

private void clubsGrid_Grouping(object sender, GridViewGroupingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Action == System.ComponentModel.CollectionChangeAction.Add)
    {
        e.GroupDescriptor.DisplayContent = string.Format("Grouped by {0}", e.GroupDescriptor.Member);
    }
}

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Veselin Vasilev
the Telerik team

[Jayesh Valla]

Hi Veselin,

Unfortunately this did not solve my problem. I have included a code snippet to hopefully clarify what I am trying to achieve.
The data on the grid needs to be grouped by EscalationID, however the heading for the Groupings (on the Grid - not the Grid Heading) needs to display the Description of the EscaltionID.

Thanks

 

private void RadGridViewEscalations_Grouping(object sender, GridViewGroupingEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.GroupDescriptor == null)
   {
      GroupDescriptor groupDescriptor = new GroupDescriptor();
      groupDescriptor.Member = "EscalationID";
      groupDescriptor.SortDirection = ListSortDirection.Ascending;
      groupDescriptor.DisplayContent = "Description";
      RadGridViewEscalations.GroupDescriptors.Add(groupDescriptor);
   }
}

[Vlad]

Hi,

 You can define GroupHeaderTemplate for every column - you can check this demo for more info. 

Greetings,
Vlad
the Telerik team