Hide not AllowSearching columns in the search box ContextMenu

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I want to exclude some columns from searching.  I set the column AllowSearching = false.  The column name is still showing in the 'Search in Columns' menu unchecked.  Can I hide those columns?  I tried :

DirectCast(DirectCast(e.ContextMenu, Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadDropDownButtonPopup).Items(0), Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadMenuItem).Items(i).Visibility = ElementVisibility.Hidden

It hides the menu item with the column name but showing a empty item in the position.  Anyway I can make it disappear?

Thanks.

[Nadya | Tech Support Engineer]

Hi Flora,

You need to set the menu item Visibility property to Collapsed. It will not display the item and will not reserve a space for it. Please refer to the following code snippet:

Private Sub RadGridView1_ContextMenuOpening(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs)
        Dim popup = TryCast(e.ContextMenu, RadDropDownButtonPopup)

        If popup IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim item As RadMenuItem = TryCast(popup.Items(0), RadMenuItem)

            For Each menuItem In item.Items

                If menuItem.Text = RadGridView1.Columns(0).Name Then
                    menuItem.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End Sub

I hope this will be useful. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Nadya
Progress Telerik

[QQ]

Thank you.  It works.