Apply filters and then display Grid

Environment

Product

RadFilter for ASP.NET AJAX

Description

Sometimes, one might want to apply filters first, and then display the Grid based on said filters.

Solution

To achieve the desired result, you could utilize an approach that initially has the Grid loaded on the page, while not being visible. After the user clicks the "Apply" filter button, the Grid becomes visible with the selected filters.

Here's one way of achieving the desired result.

• Add the NotVisible CSS class to the Grid.

ASPX

<telerik:RadGrid CssClass="NotVisible" RenderMode="Lightweight" runat="server" ID="RadGrid1" AutoGenerateColumns="false" AllowPaging="true" AllowSorting="true" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
    <MasterTableView>
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="OrderID" HeaderText="OrderID" DataType="System.Int32" />
            <telerik:GridDateTimeColumn DataField="OrderDate" HeaderText="OrderDate" />
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ShipCity" HeaderText="ShipCity" />
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ShipCountry" HeaderText="ShipCountry" />
            <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ShipName" HeaderText="ShipName" />
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
</telerik:RadGrid>

<asp:SqlDataSource runat="server" ID="SqlDataSource1" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:northwind %>"
    SelectCommand="Select OrderID, OrderDate, ShipVia, ShipName, ShipAddress, ShipCity, ShipCountry FROM Orders" />

CSS

<style>
    .NotVisible {
        display: none;
    }
</style>

• Attach the ApplyExpressions server-side event of the RadFilter and remove the NotVisible CSS class when the Apply button is first pressed.

ASPX

<telerik:RadFilter RenderMode="Lightweight" runat="server" ID="RadFilter1" FilterContainerID="RadGrid1" OnApplyExpressions="RadFilter1_ApplyExpressions" />

C#

protected void RadFilter1_ApplyExpressions(object sender, RadFilterApplyExpressionsEventArgs e)
{
    RadGrid1.CssClass = RadGrid1.CssClass.Replace("NotVisible", "").Trim();
}

VB

Protected Sub RadFilter1_ApplyExpressions(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RadFilterApplyExpressionsEventArgs)
    RadGrid1.CssClass = RadGrid1.CssClass.Replace("NotVisible", "").Trim()
End Sub