Grid Context Menu - OnSortCommand

[spt3210]

Hi,

We have a grid with CustomPaging, with 10 records per page. Sorting functionality is working fine when clicking on HeaderText. We are using OnSortCommand event to get sorted field and order as below.

FieldName = e.SortExpression, SortOrder = e.NewSortOrder

We also have context menu on the screen. When using ordering from ContextMenu SordCommand Event is not firing.

Do we need to explicitly attach event handler to any ContextMenu event?

[Marin]

Hi spt3210,

The sort command is not firing when sorting with header context menu. You can wire an event handler for the ItemClick event of the header context menu and there put your custom logic.

protected void HeaderContextMenu_ItemClick(object sender, RadMenuEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item.Text=="Sort Ascending")
            {
                //some code here
            }
        }

Let me know how this works for you and if you have any other questions.

All the best,
Marin
the Telerik team

[spt3210]

Hi Marin,

This looks like what I need. But I am unable to find the column in this method from where it got triggered.

Is there a way to find out?

Thanks!

[Marin]

Hi spt3210,

Yes, there is a way:

protected void HeaderContextMenu_ItemClick(object sender, RadMenuEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item.Text=="Sort Ascending")
            {
                //retrieve the column name
                string columnName = e.Item.Attributes["ColumnName"];
                //get instance to the column from the respective GridTableView
                GridColumn gridColumn = RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetColumnSafe(columnName);
            }
        }

First we retrieve the column name from the attributes collection of the menu item and then we get and instance to that column.

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.

Greetings,
Marin
the Telerik team