[Solved] No Column Header Text but Text in the Column Chooser

[Simon]

I have a grid where I have some very narrow columns where I might use an icon in the header or simply leave the header text blank. However, it would be nice to be able to have something go into the Column Chooser text rather than simply use the HeaderText in there so the user knows what the column is when they are looking at the list. Is this possible at all please?

Thank you in advance.

Simon

[Nadya | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello, Simon,

Yes, it is possible to keep your real HeaderText blank (for the icon/narrow column) but override the text that gets shown in the Column Chooser list via the ColumnChooserItemElementCreating event, setting the item element's Text.

You can keep your real HeaderText blank (so the grid column stays narrow / shows just its icon), and override only the text shown in the Column Chooser list using the ColumnChooserItemElementCreating event. Use the following approach:

1. Store the caption on the column's Tag so the blank-header column carries a description:

 this.radGridView1.Columns[1].HeaderText = "";
 this.radGridView1.Columns[1].Tag = "Product Name";

2. Set the Column Chooser item's text from that Tag when each chooser item is created:

private void RadGridView1_ColumnChooserItemElementCreating(object sender, ColumnChooserItemElementCreatingEventArgs e)
{
 // If the column has no HeaderText (blank/icon header) but we stored a
 // descriptive caption in its Tag, show that caption in the Column Chooserinstead of the empty header text.
 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.Column.HeaderText) && e.Column.Tag is string caption
        && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(caption))
 {
        e.ItemElement.Text = caption;
    }
}

Regards,
Nadya | Tech Support Engineer
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