Toggle Between Enable and Disable Grouping Not Working

[Hector]

I'm implementing grouping in a RadGridView. The grouping is working fine. I was then asked to allow the user to switch between grouping and not grouping, so I added a couple of radio buttons then I call a subroutine (VB.NET) that performs the following logic when the user clicks on either of the radio buttons:

Private Sub Process_GroupByShipTo_CheckedChanged()
    If Not bControlsPopulated Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If rbGroupByShipTo.Checked Then
        rgvItems.EnableGrouping = True
        rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = True
    Else
        rgvItems.EnableGrouping = False
        rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = False
    End If
End Sub

Initially, when the form first loads, the default checked radio button is the Group By None radio button (rbGroupByNone). I click on the Group By Ship To radio button (rbGroupByShipTo) and grouping occurs. I click on the Group By None radio button and grouping goes away. But then, when I click on the Group By Ship To radio button once more, it no longer groups.

I then tried repopulating the gridview with the following code, but that did not work:

Private Sub Process_GroupByShipTo_CheckedChanged()
    If Not bControlsPopulated Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If rbGroupByShipTo.Checked Then
        rgvItems.EnableGrouping = True
        rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = True
        rgvItems.DataSource = Nothing
        rgvItems.Rows.Clear()
        PopulateDataGrid()
    Else
        rgvItems.EnableGrouping = False
        rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = False
    End If
End Sub

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Hector

[Stefan]

Hi Hector,

Thank you for writing.

I am not quite sure how did your grid get grouped by clicking the Group By Ship To radio button, since the code that you have provided did not show adding any group descriptors. However, it is possible that you do that in the method where you are populating the grid.

I will suggest a slightly different approach, when Group By None is clicked, disable the grouping functionality. However, when groping is needed, just enable the grouping functionality and add the desired group descriptor. 

Attached you can find a sample application. Additional information regarding grouping in RadGridView, can be found in this help article: http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/gridview-grouping-setting-groups-programmatically.html.

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Stefan
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[Hector]

Thanks for your tip on adding the GroupDescriptor (which I've incorporated into a subroutine) when enabling grouping.

However, for me, it still didn't work correctly. The grouping was being duplicated as a sub group (indented) under the main group. Ultimately, following is the code that worked (the main concept being to remove the GroupDescriptor also):

If rbGroupByShipTo.Checked Then
    RemoveGrouping(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
    RemoveSorting(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
    rgvItems.EnableGrouping = True
    rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = True
    AddGrouping(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
    AddSorting(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
Else
    RemoveGrouping(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
    RemoveSorting(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
    rgvItems.EnableGrouping = False
    rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = False
End If

P.S. I informed the powers that be about the licensing.

[Hector]

For your information, ultimately, following is the minimal code that worked:

If rbGroupByShipTo.Checked Then
   RemoveGrouping(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
   RemoveSorting(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
   rgvItems.EnableGrouping = True
   rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = True
   AddGrouping(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
   AddSorting(rgvItems, "ShipToName")
Else
   rgvItems.EnableGrouping = False
   rgvItems.ShowGroupedColumns = False
End If

That is, there was no need to remove that grouping and sorting when you disable grouping (in the Else block).

[Stefan]

Hi Hector,

Thank you for writing back. 

As you see in my example, when you need grouping you need to add the GroupDescriptor to the GroupDescriptors collection of RadGridView. When you want to remove the grouping, you should remove the desired group descriptor(s). Alternatively, you can disable the grouping by setting the EnableGrouping to false, which internally will clear the group descriptors and will hide the "Drag a column here to grouup by this column" panel. 

I was not able to recreate the double grouping functionality. If you think that this might be caused by an issue on our end, please provide me with sample project demonstrating this behavior, so I can investigate it and log it for review if needed.

Greetings,
Stefan
the Telerik team