[Solved] Make a grid Sortable() on column with template?

[Julien]

Hi,

I've several columns in a table which have a main information and a related information, for one "case" of my grid.

I set the grid .Sortable(), but it seems it cannot know on which column it has to sort(and it's normal).

how can I indicate which data has to be sorted on each colum?

Actually I've most of my column looking like this:

columns.Template(@<text><p><strong>@item.Format.Name</strong></p><p>@item.Format.Width x @item.Format.Height mm</p></text>)
.HeaderTemplate(@<text>Format</text>);

Here by example, I want to sort on @item.Format.Name for this column. How can I do this? I assume this will be the same problem for filtering.

[Petur Subev]

Hello Julien,

Yes filtering and sorting work only for bound columns. In your case it should look like this:

columns.Bound(m=>m.Format.Name).Template(@<text>
    <p><strong>@item.Format.Name</strong></p>
    <p>@item.Format.Width x @item.Format.Height mm</p>
</text>)

.Title("Format");

Also if you set the header template you will lose the sorting functionality. In your case you should set the Title instead.
I hope this helps. 

Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team