How to get cells in RadGridView?

[Andy]

var firstRow = this.gridView.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromIndex(0) as GridViewRow;
//var firstRow = this.gridView.GetRowForItem(this.gridView.Items[0]) as GridViewRow;

var cells = firstRow.Cells;
var firstCell = firstRow.Cells[0];

I have tried the code above, but "cells" is just provides the cells in viewable area. If I drag horizontal scrollbar to the right side and hide the first column, then I can not get the real first cell by "firstCell". Otherwise, "firstRow.Cells.Count" changes with the horizontal scrollbar scrolling.

Please help...

[Andy]

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[Andy]

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[Hristo]

Hi Andy,

This is the expected behavior, because by default the row/column virtualization is enabled. When this function is enabled only the  visible items are created. All other visual items are created when they come into view, and removed when the items are outside the visible area. Disabling the virtualization is not recommended, because it can lead to various performance problems when large data is loaded.

The topic of UI Virtualization is discussed in greater details in this article.

Regards,
Hristo
Telerik