In a column menu there's an option to show/hide columns with checkboxes. But this menu is duplicated for all columns, which is not good for me. Is it possible to move that list of columns with checkboxes to a separate control? For example I click some button and a window with that columns list pops up.

I forgot to mention that in a grid settings I have `columnMenu: false`, so I only want to show filters on each columns, not menu. 

Hello Andrey,

It is possible to implement a custom user interface that lists the Grid columns and their visibility state and render it outside the Grid. Then, hide and show the Grid columns programmatically, depending on the user's interaction with that custom list.

This is how to obtain information about the Grid columns:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#fields-columns

This is how to hide and show Grid columns programmatically:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#methods-hideColumn
 
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#methods-showColumn

The above column list can be rendered in a Kendo UI Window or a Kendo UI Popup, or a custom popup of yours.

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/layout/window/overview
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/window

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/popup

Regards,
Dimo
Telerik