Dynamic header text - not sortable?

[Angie]

Hi.  I am successfully setting the header text for a column in the code behind, like so:

protected void RadGrid_Subs_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item is GridHeaderItem)
            {
                GridHeaderItem header = (GridHeaderItem)e.Item;
                header["linklabel"].Text = headerText;

            }
        }

The column code is this (the sortexpression is static):

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn SortExpression="linklabel" UniqueName="linklabel" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left" >
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <%# BuildLink(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "linkID"), DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "linkLabel"), DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "forumID"), DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "isCase"))%>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

The column header is not sortable.  If I hardcode the headertext, the sorting works fine.  Am I missing a step?

Thanks.

[Dimo]

Hello Angie,

When you set the Text property for a RadGrid header cell the way that you do, you are removing the controls inside this cell, namely - a link button in the default case. This link button is responsible for the sorting functionality.

For easy and painless change of the header cell text, I recommend using one of two techniques described in the following help article:

RadGrid - Localizing the Headers

The first technique uses the ColumnCreated event handler, which is the more correct way to do it. The second technique is similar to yours, but one sets the Text property of the LinkButton inside the cell, not the Text property of the cell itself.


Kind regards,
Dimo
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[Angie]

The linkbutton example worked for me.  Thank you!