Open Filter Dialog from Context Menu

[Tim]

Telerik Team,

I have created a custom context menu based on the examples you provided.  (Easy to follow... thanks!)  However, we would like to include an option to spawn the standard filter dialog from within the context menu for completeness.  Is there way to open the filter dialog programmatically (in the correct/normal position) if we know exactly which column we want to open it for?
 
I see how to create a custom filter dialog, etc.  But we really just want to spawn the normal one on demand from the context menu.

Thanks!

[Rossen Hristov]

Hello Tim,

Yes, there is a way. You can try this:

private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var nameHeaderCell = this.clubsGrid
        .ChildrenOfType<GridViewHeaderCell>()
        .Where(headerCell=>headerCell.DataColumn.UniqueName == "Name").FirstOrDefault();

    if (nameHeaderCell != null)
    {
        var f = nameHeaderCell.ChildrenOfType<FilteringDropDown>().FirstOrDefault();
        if (f != null)
        {
            f.IsDropDownOpen = true;
        }
    }
}

You will substitute the hard-coded "Name" of course.

Let me know if this does not help.

Kind regards,
Ross
the Telerik team