masked text on a rad grid

[Ivo]

Hello,
I would like to check if there is a direct way to display masked text on a rad grid.
There is a telerik:GridMaskedColumn, but it looks like it works only for edit mode. We can use template with RadMaskedTextBox control, but it doesn’t look consistent with the other columns.

Thanks,
Ivo

[Kiara]

Indeed the GridMaskedColumn type will filter the user entry when you edit a particular item in the grid. The other option I discovered is to put directly RadMaskedTextBox in item template of template column. Choose the approach in accordnace with your needs.

Kiara

[Andy Green]

Hi

I have the same requirement - How was this solved in the end?

Andy

[Veli]

Hello guys,

The most straightforward approach is to have a read-only RadMaskedTextBox in the ItemTemplate of a GridTemplateColumn, and an editable RadMaskedTextBox in the EditItemTemplate.

The other option to go with would be to use a regular GridMaskedColumn, but to manually mask your data values after the grid is bound. You can use RadGrid's ItemDataBound event for that:

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
    {
        GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
        string originalValue = item["MaskedColumnUniqueName"].Text;
        //implement masking logic here and update originalValue to masked value
        item["MaskedColumnUniqueName"].Text = originalValue;
    }
}

Kind regards,
Veli
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[Andy Green]

Thanks

ANdy