PDF Export Header Alignment

[Adam]

When my grid is displayed, my headers are aligned to the left. However, when the grid is exported, the headers are all aligned to the center. Is there a way to keep the alignment to the left when exporting to PDF?

Thanks,
Adam

[Princy]

Hello Adam,

Try the following code snippet to align header item when exporting to pdf.

C#:

bool isexport = false;
protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
 if (isexport && e.Item is GridHeaderItem)
 {
    GridHeaderItem headerItem = (GridHeaderItem)e.Item;
    foreach (TableCell cell in headerItem.Cells)
   {
     cell.Style["text-align"] = "left";
   }
 }
}

Thanks,
Princy.

[Adam]

Thanks. I tweaked that and I think it's going to work for me.

[Charles]

We are a year and a half later and this problem is still in the product! Any plan to bring a serious fix to this flaw ?

[Daniel]

Hello Charles,

Altering the default behavior is considered a breaking change. We prefer to avoid making such modifications as they will affect all users. I believe you will understand our point.

Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

[Charles]

Hello Daniel,

I agree that a breaking change is not desirable but there must be a way to fix this problem, Can't we have a specific Property within the ExportSettings\Pdf group to control the default behavior ? It sounds like an acceptable solution to every party involved.
Thank you for your time.

Charles

[Daniel]

Hello Charles,

Indeed, this is a better idea. I will ask our developers if they can expose a property for controlling the default header alignment when exporting RadGrid.

Thanks,
Daniel
the Telerik team