Kendo UI columnMenu default column selections

[Andrew]

Hi. I am working on an Angular project which used Kendo Grid. I am aware that I can use the columnMenu property to give users the ability to filter columns that they want to see. Is there any way I can show some columns as default?

This is my first post. please bear with me.

 

-AZ

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello,

I am not sure that I understand exactly the request, however I have two suggestions:

1. If you want to filter by default, you can set the filters, using the filter() method of the dataSource, as shown here:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource#methods-filter

2. You can use the columnMenuInit event and manipulate the content of the menu there, as documented here:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#events-columnMenuInit

In case this did not help - please elaborate a bit more.

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik by Progress

 

 

[Andrew]

Hi Kiril,

Thanks for replying. Let me try to rephrase my question.

Let's say I have two columns in my grid, col A and col B. I want to hide col A when the grid displays initially and users should be able to show col A by marking the checkbox in the column menu later on. Does it make more sense?

I think columnMenuInit is the way to go but I have not find a way to hide a column yet.

 

-Andrew

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hi,

See the following documentation article:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/grid#methods-hideColumn

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik by Progress