Issue with RadPropertyGrid Search Box

[Pratik]

Hi,

I've came across a scenario where I have all the property value of type String and I'm not too sure why the search box is not searching based on values. It just searches based on the label of that property! 

What if I wanted that search box to search for all the properties such as Property Label, Property Description, Property Name and Property Value ? 

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Pratik

[Dimitar]

Hi Pratik,

Thank you for writing.

I noticed that you have posted a separated tread for this I am pasting the answer here in order the community to benefit from it:

You can specify by which property you are going to filter by setting the PropertyGridElement.ToolbarElement.FilterPropertyName property. Additionally, you can filter programmatically by several criteria. For this purpose you can use a CompositeFilterDescriptor:

FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor("Value", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "s");
FilterDescriptor filter2 = new FilterDescriptor("Name", FilterOperator.StartsWith, "T");

CompositeFilterDescriptor cf = new CompositeFilterDescriptor();
cf.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or;
cf.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter);
cf.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter2);
radPropertyGrid1.FilterDescriptors.Add(cf);

If your requirement is to perform filtering using several criteria by typing in the search toolbar, you need to implement custom PropertyGridToolbarElement:

public class CustomPropertyGrid : RadPropertyGrid
{
    public override string ThemeClassName
    {
        get
        {
            return typeof(RadPropertyGrid).FullName;
        }
    }

    protected override PropertyGridElement CreatePropertyGridElement()
    {
        return new CustomPropertyGridElement();
    }
}

public class CustomPropertyGridElement : PropertyGridElement
{
    protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType
    {
        get
        {
            return typeof(PropertyGridElement);
        }
    }

    protected override PropertyGridToolbarElement CreateToolbarElement()
    {
        return new CustomPropertyGridToolbarElement();
    }
}

public class CustomPropertyGridToolbarElement : PropertyGridToolbarElement
{
    protected override Type ThemeEffectiveType
    {
        get
        {
            return typeof(PropertyGridToolbarElement);
        }
    }

    protected override void ExecuteSearch()
    {
        this.PropertyGridElement.PropertyTableElement.FilterDescriptors.Clear();
        CompositeFilterDescriptor cf = new CompositeFilterDescriptor();
        cf.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.Or;
        string searchText = this.SearchTextBoxElement.Text;
        FilterDescriptor filter = new FilterDescriptor("FormattedValue", FilterOperator.Contains, searchText);
        FilterDescriptor filter2 = new FilterDescriptor("Name", FilterOperator.Contains, searchText);
        cf.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter);
        cf.FilterDescriptors.Add(filter2);

        this.PropertyGridElement.PropertyTableElement.FilterDescriptors.Add(cf);
    }
}

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have other questions.

Regards,
Dimitar
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