[Solved] No Word Wrap - truncate content

[Stephen]

Hi,

I have a comment field in a grid which could be very lengthy.  I want to add a tooltip to the grid which shows the full content, but I want to truncate whats visible in the cell itself.  i.e. I want to fix the width of the column, and prevent word wrap.  People can hover over the cell to see the full text.

This question is linked to the word-wrap and column width fixing rather than to the tooltip question (thats a separate thread!).

Thanks in advance

Stephen

[Shinu]

Hi,

Check out the links below ona  similar discussion:

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bddkbt.aspx

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bbeecb.aspx


Thanks,
Shinu

[ghini]

links not works

[Stephen]

Hi Shinu,

It doesnt matter what I try I cant get this to work.  I have set ClientSettings to allow resize and ClipCellContent on Resize

<

ClientSettings EnableClientKeyValues="True">

<Resizing AllowColumnResize="True"

AllowRowResize = "false"

ResizeGridOnColumnResize = "false"

ClipCellContentOnResize = "true"

EnableRealTimeResize = "true" />

</ClientSettings>

And no matter what combination of ItemStyle I try for the column, it doesnt work.

<rad:GridBoundColumn DataField="COMMENTARY" UniqueName="COMMENTARY" HeaderText="Commentary">

<ItemStyle Wrap="False" Width="100px"/>

</rad:GridBoundColumn>

I thought fixing the width and turning off WordWrap would do the trick, but all that happens now is now matter how I resize, the text remains wrapped, but stays fixed at 100 pixels.

Thanks in advance

[Stephen]

Hi Shinu,

It doesnt matter what I try I cant get this to work.  I have set ClientSettings to allow resize and ClipCellContent on Resize

<

ClientSettings EnableClientKeyValues="True">

<Resizing AllowColumnResize="True"

AllowRowResize = "false"

ResizeGridOnColumnResize = "false"

ClipCellContentOnResize = "true"

EnableRealTimeResize = "true" />

</ClientSettings>

And no matter what combination of ItemStyle I try for the column, it doesnt work.

<rad:GridBoundColumn DataField="COMMENTARY" UniqueName="COMMENTARY" HeaderText="Commentary">

<ItemStyle Wrap="False" Width="100px"/>

</rad:GridBoundColumn>

I thought fixing the width and turning off WordWrap would do the trick, but all that happens now is now matter how I resize, the text remains wrapped, but stays fixed at 100 pixels.

Thanks in advance

[Stephen]

Hi,

As an update, I have given up trying and instead truncate by code during itemdatabound

If (TypeOf e.Item Is GridDataItem) Then

Dim gridItem As GridDataItem = CType(e.Item, GridDataItem)

For Each column As GridColumn In CType(sender, RadGrid).MasterTableView.RenderColumns

If (TypeOf column Is GridBoundColumn) Then

'this line will show a tooltip based on the Comment and Outcome field

If column.UniqueName = "COMMENTARY" Then

gridItem(column.UniqueName).ToolTip = gridItem(

"COMMENTARY").Text

gridItem(

"COMMENTARY").Text = Left(gridItem("COMMENTARY").Text, 40) & "..."

ElseIf column.UniqueName = "OUTCOME" Then

gridItem(column.UniqueName).ToolTip = gridItem(

"OUTCOME").Text

gridItem(

"OUTCOME").Text = Left(gridItem("OUTCOME").Text, 40) & "..."

End If

End If

Next

End If

[Dimo]

Hi Stephen,

An alternative way to achieve truncated text in RadGrid cells is provided here:

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bddhge.aspx


Sincerely yours,
Dimo
the Telerik team

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[ghini]

the link http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bddhge.aspx not works..

can  you provide a new link?

[Rumen]

Hi Fabrizio,

I am afraid we cannot provide the correct urls since those are pretty old from 2008 and there aren't redirects or human-read titles but GUID in URL to help us with the investigation. Nevertheless, you can use Google or the search of the Telerik forums to locate all discussions on the topic:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=truncated+text+in+RadGrid+cells&rlz=1C1GCEA_enBG1029BG1029&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
• https://www.telerik.com/forums/aspnet-ajax?searchText=truncated%20text%20in%20RadGrid%20cells 
• https://www.telerik.com/forums/truncate-the-extra-text-in-column-and-append-to-truncated-string 
• https://www.telerik.com/forums/truncate-column-text-not-working
• https://www.telerik.com/forums/truncate-the-extra-text-in-column-and-append-to-truncated-string 
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2094510/truncate-text-in-radgrid-column