[Solved] disabling user created groups causes wrong column layout

[Keivan Beigi]

defining groups specifically in markup and disabling user created grouping (Enabled(false)) cause the columns to render incorrectly.

.Groupable(grouping => grouping.Groups(groups => groups.Add(c => c.SeasonNumber)).Enabled(false))

Full grid definition:

<%Html.Telerik().Grid(Model.Episodes).Name("episodes")
                      .Columns(columns =>
                                   {
                                       columns.Bound(c => c.EpisodeNumber).Width(10);
                                       columns.Bound(c => c.Title);
                                       columns.Bound(c => c.AirDate).Format("{0:d}").Width(150);
                                   })
                      .DetailView(detailView => detailView.Template(e => Html.RenderPartial("EpisodeDetail", e)))
                      .Groupable(grouping => grouping.Groups(groups => groups.Add(c => c.SeasonNumber)))
                      .Sortable(rows => rows.OrderBy(epSort => epSort.Add(c => c.EpisodeNumber)).Enabled(false)).Render();
%>

what i'm trying to achieve is have grouping while not allowing the user to change the groups.
I have attached screen shots that show the problem.

[Rosen]

Hello Keivan,

I'm afraid that the scenario in question is currently not supported. However can you please provide a bit more details on exact functionality you are looking for. Do you want just to hide the grouping panel and keep the groups expand/collapse functionality?

Regards,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[Keivan Beigi]

yes, your assumption is correct. what I 'm trying to achieve is to define groups programatically without alowing the user to change the groups or define new groups. basically read-only grouping.

[Rosen]

Hello Keivan, 

The easiest way to hide the group panel will be by adding the following css to the page:

<style type="text/css">
    .t-grouping-header
    {
        display:none;
    }
</style>

You can also set columns, to disable dragging them, using Groupable method.

Regards,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[Luis Velez]

Thanks, this was helpful.