Filtering in Radgird

[Janaki]

Hi all,

I have set filtering in my radgrid using 'Allow Filtering By column'. I have made the filter button invisible and set autopostbackonfilter on each column want to give the user an idea about what to be given in the textbox, by giving a text like 'Enter name to filter'. How can I  accomplish this?

Thanks in advance.

[Princy]

Hi Janaki,

Please try the following code snippet to show a message in the filtering Textbox.

C#:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridFilteringItem)
    {
        GridFilteringItem fitem = (GridFilteringItem)e.Item;
        TextBox textbox = (TextBox)fitem["UniqueName"].Controls[0];
        textbox.Text = "Enter the name to filter";
        textbox.Attributes.Add("onBlur", "return SetMessage(" + textbox.ClientID + ");");
        textbox.Attributes.Add("onFocus", "return ClearMessage(" + textbox.ClientID + ");");
    }
}

Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function ClearMessage(obj)
    {
         if (obj.value == "Enter the name to filter")
         {

             obj.value = "";
         }
    }
    function SetMessage(obj)
    {
        if (obj.value == "")
        {

            obj.value = "";
        }
    }
</script>

Thanks,
Princy.