GridClientSelectColumn - how to turn off selecting when the row is clicked?

[Kelly]

GridClientSelectColumn has a usability problem with AllowMultiRowSelect = true:

1. If the user checks the checkbox, it adds the row to the current selection.
2. If the user misses the checkbox by 1px and accidentally clicks the row instead, it CLEARS the current selection and only selects the current row.

This is a usability problem because even 1px difference in where you click produces an entirely different result.  My users have complained about this repeatedly.

Is there some workaround or hack I can do to make the row-click selection behavior behave the same way as the checkbox?  (adding the current row to the selection)

If not, then is it possible to turn off the row-click selection behavior and just use the checkbox?

[Pavlina]

Hi Kelly,

Actually, with version 2009.Q3.SP1 of Telerik RadControls, there is a property RadGrid.ClientSettings.Selecting.UseClientSelectColumnOnly that does exactly that, i.e. enables you to select/deselect rows only through the client select column and not on row click. If you have enabled multi-row selection, however, dragging to select still works.

Kind regards,
Pavlina
the Telerik team