Formatting Filter List

[Joshua]

I have a GridViewComboBoxColumn that has something like the following

Value    Text
1            Item 1
2            Item 2
3            Item 3
4            Item 4

In the Grid view/edit templates it shows "Item 1", "Item 2", etc with the values storing correctly in the database.  However, for the filter it shows "1", "2", "3", "4", etc.

1) How do I get the filter to show the Text and not the Values??

2) I'm adding a ColumnFilterDescriptor for that column. Currently, I'm doing something like:

columnDescriptor.DistinctFilter.DistinctValues.Add(1);

Is there anything I need to do differently (once I implement what you suggest for question 1) in order to set the default filter?  Will I still use the Value, or will I begin using the Text?

Thanks,
Joshua

[Dimitrina]

Hello Joshua,

In order to show the Text of the CheckBox object instead if the Value in the filtering window,  you should create a custom filtering. Regarding your questions:
 
1. You may find out how to do this custom filtering for GridViewComboBoxColumn in this blog post. Currently this is the available solution for this scenario.
2. You should keep the keep the code as it is, using the Value, not Text. There is no need anything to be done differently.

If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact us. 

All the best,
Didie
the Telerik team