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Localizing the Grid Messages
Updated on Oct 7, 2026
Localizing the tooltips
Telerik RadGrid provides the following properties for localization of the hard-coded tooltips:
Localizing grid tooltips
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| ExpandTooltip | The tooltip that will be displayed over the expand child tables button. |
| CollapseTooltip | The tooltip that will be displayed over the collapse child tables button. |
| GridGroupingSettings - RadGrid.GroupingSettings | Settings for grouping messages. |
| GroupContinuesFormatString | The group header message, indicating that the group continues on the next page. |
| GroupContinuedFormatString | The group header message, indicating that the group continues from the previous page. |
| ExpandTooltip | The tooltip that will be displayed over the expand groups button. |
| CollapseTooltip | The tooltip that will be displayed over the collapse groups button. |
| UnGroupTooltip | The tooltip that will be displayed over the items in the group panel. |
| GridGroupPanelSettings - RadGrid.GroupPanel | Settings for the group panel. |
| Text | The text that will be rendered inside the group panel when visible. |
| GridClientMessages - RadGrid.ClientSettings.ClientMessages | Settings for client-side messages. |
| DropHereToReorder | The tooltip that will be displayed when you start dragging a column. |
| DragToGroupOrReorder | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover a column header of draggable column. |
| DragToResize | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover the resizing handle of a column. |
| PagerTooltipFormatString | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover the vertical scroll when virtual scrolling is enabled. The format is "Page {0} of {1}" |
| GridSortingSettings - RadGrid.SortingSettings | Settings for sorting messages. |
| SortToolTip | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover the sorting button and there is no sorting applied. |
| SortedAscToolTip | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover the sorting button and the column is sorted ascending. |
| SortedDescToolTip | The tooltip that will be displayed when you hover the sorting button and the column is sorted descending. |
Localizing the GridTableView messages
Telerik RadGrid provides the following properties for customizing the messages related to GridTableView.
Localizing GridTableView messages
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| NoMasterRecordsText | The text displayed in the NoRecordsTemplate when the MasterTableView has no records. |
| NoDetailRecordsText | The text that will be displayed in the NoRecordsTemplate when there are no records in the Detail tables. |
Localizing the GridStatusBarItem messages
Localizing GridStatusBarItem messages
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ReadyText | The text displayed when RadGrid is not performing an AJAX request. |
| LoadingText | The text displayed when RadGrid is performing an AJAX request. |
Localizing GridPagerItem messages
Pager message properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| PrevPageToolTip | The tooltip displayed over the previous page button. |
| PrevPagesToolTip | The tooltip displayed over the previous pages button. |
| NextPageToolTip | The tooltip displayed over the next page button. |
| NextPagesToolTip | The tooltip displayed over the next pages button. |
| PagerTooltipFormatString | The tooltip displayed when dragging the vertical scroll with virtual scrolling enabled. Changes also apply to the text under the RadGrid slider pager. |
| PageTextFormat | The text displayed in the grid pager. |