Locking column to left of grid

[Jaanus]

How can I lock one column as the first column of the grid, so it can not be moved/rearranged or hidden?

I tried Frozen columns, but I was able to reorder and hide the "locked" columns.

http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/grid/frozen-columns

 

Thanks

[Konstantin Dikov]

Hello Jaanus,

You can prevent the dragging for particular columns with the approach demonstrated in the following dojo example:

• http://dojo.telerik.com/aliXa

As for the other requirement, you could try to set the column to be visible with the showColumn method of the Grid within the columnHide event:

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

Best Regards,
Konstantin Dikov
Progress Telerik

[Jaanus]

Hello Konstantin,

Thanks for your answer, it was helpful, but I have a slight issue.

My issue is that I want to lock a column as first column in grid.

While I was able to prevent a certain column from dragging, I am still able to drag other columns infront of my "locked" column, thus making the column not first nor locked.

Is there a possiblity to get the index of position the column is being dragged, so I could disable all the columns from being dragged to 0 index position?

 

Or you would suggest something else?

[Konstantin Dikov]

Hi Jaanus,

The main problem here is that the reordering could not be canceled and the only thing that I could suggest is the following approach, but it will have a glitch:

• https://dojo.telerik.com/iNaFOp/3

As for a better solution, you could create a feature request in our public portal for introducing an option for preventing the reordering: 

• http://kendoui-feedback.telerik.com

 

Regards,
Konstantin Dikov
Progress Telerik

[Jaanus]

Would it be possible to remove the element from the dropdown list all in all, where user is trying to hide the column?

[Konstantin Dikov]

Hi Jaanus,

Here is a dojo example with the requested functionality, where we manually remove a column from the column menu within the columnMenuInit event:

• http://dojo.telerik.com/oHozE/11

Best Regards,
Konstantin Dikov
Progress Telerik