[Solved] Quick question about the RadGrid and individual user settings

[Boris]

Several users here have expressed interest in modifying the main grid in my application so that they can set which columns to display and how wide they are.

I think I have enough of a handle on the grid to implement something like this but I was wondering if there were any demos along this line.  (To avoid re-inventing the wheel.) 

[Shinu]

Hi,

You can show/hide some of the grid columns based on the end user's preferences by setting EnableHeaderContextMenu property of the RadGrid.If you want the columns in your grid to be resizable, set the ClientSettings.Resizing.AllowColumnResize property to True. Please check the following help documentation for more details.

Resizing Columns
Header Context Menu for Column Operations

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Boris]

Resizing is easy.  However, I was not aware of the Header Context Menu.  It's a fantastic feature, at least as far as it goes.

However what I'm not seeing so far is any sort of event that would fire when the column checkbox is checked/unchecked.  Or maybe the documentation hasn't sunk in enough yet.  (Get a handle to each item and treat it as a checkbox control?  I need to be able to save the settings.)

Thanks!

[Eyup]

Hello Boris,

You can use the following events to handle this functionality - OnColumnShowing OnColumnShown, OnColumnHiding, OnColumnHidden.

Additionally, you can hide or show a given column using a client-side method:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-gridtableview-hidecolumn.html
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-gridtableview-showcolumn.html

Hope this helps.

All the best,
Eyup
the Telerik team

[Boris]

Not absolutely sure. It does give me some new ideas.  I'll have to try it out when I have the time.

Thanks.  

[Eyup]

Hello Boris,

Give them a try and feel free to share the result with us.

Greetings,
Eyup
the Telerik team