Limiting amount of data displayed in a column

[Kathy]

One of the fields that I get back from the database has a max length of 200 characters.  I want to only show about 80 characters when in grid view, with an elipsis at the end of the data so that the user knows there is more text.  All the text would be shown when in edit mode.  What would be the best way to accomplish this?  Thanks.

[Shinu]

Hi Kathy,


The following code will help you in adding ellipsis to grid cell and show the complete text as tool-tip.

Code:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
    {
        GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
        if (item["Description"].Text.Length > 80)
        {
            item["Description"].ToolTip = item["Description"].Text.ToString(); // Set the Tooltip
            item["Description"].Text = (item["Description"].Text).Substring(0, 5) + "...";
        }
    }
}

-Shinu.

[Kathy]

Thanks for the really fast response.  It worked like a charm.