[Solved] Multiline cell content??

[Malek]

Hi,

My client has a weird request, but I have to find him a solution.

Data sent to a cell contains returns cariages ("\n") but it does not show properly in the cell, the whole text shows as a single long line.

What is the property to make the row expand its height to show the whole text with all the return cariages interpreted correctly?? 

I know its ugly, but thats what is needed at the moment.

P.S. I did parse the text before sending it to the grid and replacing all the \n by  Environment.NewLine but to no avail.

Thank you

[Daniel]

Hello Malek,

I recommend you use line break tag  <br /> instead of \n or Environment.NewLine.

Example:

C#

TableCell cell = e.Item.Cells[0];
cell.Text = "Line 1<br />Line 2<br />Line 3";

GridTemplateColumn

<ItemTemplate>
    Line 1<br />Line 2<br />Line 3
</ItemTemplate>

Best regards,
Daniel
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[Malek]

Hi,

I tried the <br /> but for some reason the RadGrid was not accepting it (it showed in the cell as text).

It had to be done in the PreRender event, thats what I did finally:

    protected void grdResult_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

         foreach(GridDataItem data in grdResult.Items){

             TableCell aCell = data["Requested_For"];

             aCell.Text = aCell.Text.TrimEnd(';');

             aCell.Text = aCell.Text.Replace(";", "<br />");

         }

    }

(the semicolumn represents the places where a <br /> was needed)

[Daniel]

Hello Malek,

I'm unable to reproduce the depicted issue locally. Could you please test the attached sample project (based on your code) on your side?

Regards,
Daniel
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