RadGridView Filter boxes access

[miguel]

Hi,

I'm trying to gain access to the RadGridView Filter boxes contents programmaticaly. I.E. when the user enter text in the filter boxes directly underneath the column heading I want to be able to access that text programmaticaly.

I've tried the following:

foreach(GridViewCellInfo cellInfo in myRadGridView.MasterGridViewInfo.TableFilteringRow.Cells)
{
       if(cellInfo.Value != null)
           MessageBox.Show(cell.Value.ToString());
}

Values are always null

Thanks!

Miguel de Sousa
    

[Jack]

Hello miguel,

Thank you for writing us.

In order to get access to the filter editors, please use the following code snippet:

foreach (GridViewCellInfo cell in this.radGridView1.MasterGridViewInfo.TableFilteringRow.Cells)
{
    RadTextBoxItem textBox = (RadTextBoxItem)cell.CellElement.Children[1];
    textBox.TextChanged += new EventHandler(textBox_TextChanged);
}

void textBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.label1.Text = ((RadTextBoxItem)sender).Text;
}

If you reorder columns, change the grouping or rebind the grid, you must subscribe again to the TextChanged event.

In the future, we plan to provide a more convenient way to access and customize editors in RadGridView. This may cause changes in our API, which will cause the provided sample with the older version to stop working.

We hope this code helps you. In case you need further assistance we will be glad to help you.

Kind regards,
Jack
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[Dave Hermans]

is the future now? I mean is there a way to access these values in the new version? I can't seem to find it.

[Jack]

Hi Dave,

Yes, there is an easier way to access filter editors. For example, you can process the CellBeginEdit method and check whether the current cell is a GridFilterCellElement. The active editor can be accessed through the ActiveEditor property of RadGridView. Consider the following sample:

void radGridView1_CellBeginEdit(object sender, GridViewCellCancelEventArgs e)
{
    if (this.radGridView1.CurrentCell is GridFilterCellElement)
    {
        this.radGridView1.ActiveEditor.Value = "aa";
    }
}

Should you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask.

All the best,
Jack
the Telerik team

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