Make the Grid create a GroupDescriptor instead of a ColumnGroupDescriptor

[Omar]

Is it possible to make the Grid create a GroupDescriptor instead of a ColumnGroupDescriptor? I modified the header of the grid columns to have buttons that perform actions when the user clicks on them. Now when the user groups by a column I can see the buttons on the grouppanel as well.

[Vlad]

Hi,

 Can you post more info why ColumnGroupDescriptor will not work for you? 

Kind regards,
Vlad
the Telerik team

[Omar]

Thanks so much for your response.

CoulmnGroupDescriptors are not working for me because I modified the column header to show some buttons and these buttons appear in the group panel as well. I noticed that they don't appear when using GroupDescriptors.

Screenshot attached.

[Nedyalko Nikolov]

Hi,

Generally you could handle RadGridView.Grouping event and change ColumnGroupDescriptor with GroupDescriptor, with a code similar to the following:

void radGridView_Grouping(object sender, GridViewGroupingEventArgs e)
        {
            ColumnGroupDescriptor gd = e.GroupDescriptor as ColumnGroupDescriptor;
            if (gd != null)
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
                this.radGridView.GroupDescriptors.Add(new GroupDescriptor()
                {
                    Member = gd.Column.Header.ToString()
                });
            }
        }

However I think that we should find what is the problem with ColumnGroupDescriptor. Could you send me a sample project which I can debug on my side in order to see what is going on?
Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Nedyalko Nikolov
the Telerik team