Hide different elements in RadSpreadsheet for WinForms

Updated on Oct 14, 2025

Environment

Product Version	Product	Author
2025.3.812	RadSpreadsheet for WinForms	Dinko Krastev

Description

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how you can hide different parts of the RadSpreadsheet control.

Solution

Hide Formula Bar

C#

this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.FormulaBarHeight = 0;
this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.FormulaBar.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

Hide the zoom track bar and the scale button at the bottom

C#

(this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.StatusBar.Children[1]).Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;
(this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.StatusBar.Children[2] as RadTrackBarElement).Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Collapsed;

Suppress Context Menu

Subscribe to the ContextMenuShowing event and set the Menu property to null:

C#

radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.ContextMenuShowing += SpreadsheetElement_ContextMenuShowing;

private void SpreadsheetElement_ContextMenuShowing(object sender, SpreadsheetContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
   e.Menu = null;       
}

Disable Selection Rectangle

The control does not provide a way to fully disable the selection. A possible solution here will be to disable the presenter in the editor:

C#

   
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
   base.OnLoad(e);
   if (this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.ActiveWorksheetEditor.ActivePresenter is NormalWorksheetEditorPresenter worksheetEditorPresenter)
   {
	   worksheetEditorPresenter.Enabled = false;
   }
}

Suppress Protected Worksheet Message

In general, the messages shown in the control will trigger the MessageShowing event. In thе event handler, you can check the NotificationType and handle the event.

C#

private void SpreadsheetElement_MessageShowing(object sender, Telerik.WinForms.Controls.Spreadsheet.MessageShowingEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.NotificationType == Telerik.WinForms.Controls.Spreadsheet.Dialogs.MessageBoxNotificationType.ProtectedWorksheetError)
   {
	   e.IsHandled = true;
   }            
}

Hide + Sign for Adding Worksheets

C#

protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
   base.OnLoad(e);
   this.radSpreadsheet1.SpreadsheetElement.SheetSelector.Children[4].Children[1].Visibility = ElementVisibility.Collapsed;
}

See Also

• RadSpreadsheet Overview