Get visible columns in displayed order

[Chris Kirkman]

I need to be able to programmatically get a list of the column headers that are currently being displayed in the grid.  I.e. my grid has 8 columns; however, the user may have changed the order and hidden some of the remaining columns (via the column chooser). 

How do I ask the grid to give me the columns currently displayed and in left to right order?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Chris,   

Thank you for writing.  

You can iterate the RadGridView.Columns collections and check whether the column is visible or not by the GridViewColumn.IsVisible property. Here is a sample code snippet:

private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    foreach (GridViewColumn col in this.radGridView1.Columns)
    {
        if (col.IsVisible)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(col.Name);
        }
    }
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.
 
Regards,
Dess
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[Chris Kirkman]

Dess, as usual you came through for me.  Thanks, that solved my problem. 

How would I exclude command columns in my loop?  I've tried col.RadObjectType != typeof(GridViewCommandColumn) but the compiler says I can't do this.

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello, Chris,  

Thank you for writing back. 

I am glad that the provided code snippet was useful for your case. In order to exclude GridViewCommandColumns, you can refer to the following code snippet: 

foreach (GridViewColumn col in this.radGridView1.Columns)
{
    if (col.IsVisible && !(col is GridViewCommandColumn))
    {
        Console.WriteLine(col.Name);
    }
}

I hope this information helps. If you have any additional questions, please let me know. 

 Regards,
Dess
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[Chris Kirkman]

that is perfect!  thanks.