Hello Jacob,
Thank you for considering Kendo UI.
1) The desired behavior is not supported out-of-the-box, but if the Grid's width, and its column widths are expected to be static, you can apply custom position for part of the
groupHeaderTemplate via CSS.
2) You can handle the
dataBound event, and collapse the groups via the
collapseGroup() method.
I have prepared a simple example, demonstrating the described suggestions:
http://dojo.telerik.com/AceTu
Let us know if you have other questions about Kendo UI.
Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
Telerik
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