Set Grid Column ABBR

[Jako]

Hi there

I have a very long description field in my radgrid, what I would like to do is display the first 50 chars and then have a mouse over event that will show the full description.

Normally I do this with the <abbr> tag, but not sure how to apply this to a radgrid, or even if there is a built in function to handle something like this?

[Princy]

Hello Jako,

Try setting the tooltip for the cell as shown below.
C#:

void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
 {
  GridDataItem item = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
  if (item["UniqueName "].Text.Length > 50)
  {
    TableCell cell = item["UniqueName"];
     cell.ToolTip=cell.Text ;
  }
 }
}

Thanks,
Princy.

[Jayesh Goyani]

Hello,

<telerik:GridTemplateColumn DataField="ID" HeaderText="ID" UniqueName="ID">
                       <ItemTemplate>
                           <asp:Label ID="txtID" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("ID") %>'></asp:Label>
                       </ItemTemplate>

                   </telerik:GridTemplateColumn>

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem item = e.Item as GridDataItem;
            Label txtID = item.FindControl("txtID") as Label;
            if (txtID.Text.Length > 2)
            {
                txtID.ToolTip = txtID.Text.Substring(2);
                txtID.Text = txtID.Text.Substring(0, 2);
            }
        }
    }

Thanks,
Jayesh Goyani

[Jako]

Hi guys

Thanks, works perfect.

Must say, these controls you guys are developing are top class!