using the smart tag clutters the markup code

[Martin]

Hi, I have found a small (but annoying) problem with the latest version of RadGrid (2008/Q3/1125) in VS2008:

I manually added a grid to my page (in the source/markup view):

<telerik:RadGrid ID="grid" runat="server" OnNeedDataSource="grid_NeedDataSource">
    <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="true">
        <ItemStyle CssClass="tr0" />
        <AlternatingItemStyle CssClass="tr1" />
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

As soon as I switch to the design view use the smart tag (e.g. to set the AutoGenerateColums option), my markup code is changed and looks totally cluttered:

        <telerik:RadGrid ID="grid" runat="server" OnNeedDataSource="grid_NeedDataSource" AutoGenerateColumns="False"
                GridLines="None">
<HeaderContextMenu EnableTheming="True">
<CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>
</HeaderContextMenu>

            <MasterTableView AutoGenerateColumns="True" ShowHeader="false">
<RowIndicatorColumn>
<HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
</RowIndicatorColumn>

<ExpandCollapseColumn>
<HeaderStyle Width="20px"></HeaderStyle>
</ExpandCollapseColumn>

                <ItemStyle CssClass="tr0" />
                <AlternatingItemStyle CssClass="tr1" />
            </MasterTableView>

<FilterMenu EnableTheming="True">
<CollapseAnimation Type="OutQuint" Duration="200"></CollapseAnimation>
</FilterMenu>
        </telerik:RadGrid>

Can this be prevented?

Regards,
Martin

[Martin]

Any news?

Thanks a lot.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Martin,

Unfortunately this issue is partially fixed in our latest build. If you are going to configure RadGrid from design time, there still will be HeaderContextMenu and FilterMenu tags added by default, but nothing will be added in MasterTableView tag.

Let me know whether this helps

Best regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

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[Martin]

Thanks. That's already a big improvement.

Best regards,
Martin