Perform filter action on RadGrid filter icon click event

[Karl]

Hi all..

Not sure if this is possible but have to ask.

We have a RadGrid with filtering enabled, and I have used previous posts to limit the options available, but now our client would like be able to simply type a value into the field and click the icon to perform a contains filter, without having to select the filter type.

I can personally see many issues with this (Dates, numerics etc as well as how to clear the filter - other than clearing the value and re-filtering?) but need to know if it can be done.

[Karl]

Ok, so it can be done...

Set ...

AutoPostBackOnFilter="true"
CurrentFilterFunction="Contains"

...on each column you want to have the filter performed on.

I also hid the filter icon by using the following css and put it in my page after the skin stylesheets in my html...

<style type="text/css">
    .RadGrid .rgFilter,
    .GridFilterRow_Gray img
    {
        display: none;
    }
</style>

So now my filter works for my chosen fields. How do I clear my filters now that the filter is no longer accessible? I simply remove the text from the filter textbox and hit return again, right?

Kind of.

I have to ensure I've come out of the filter textbox and gone back into it again, or I get some funny behaviour.

If I leave my cursor in the filter textbox and delete the filter text and then hit return/enter, it only sometimes clears the filter, most of the time, it doesn't work.

If this a known issue, or can anyone think of why this would be?