In my gridview need support of different heights of rows. I solved it with the autosize property.

But now I have a side action that the header row and filter row also react to the autosize property.

Attached you can see this behaviour...

Here my code:

Grid.MasterView.TableFilteringRow.MinHeight = 40
Grid.AutoSizeRows = True

Is there a chance to separate data rows from filter and header row?

Regards,

Dimitri

To reproduce:

- Set the AutoSize to true

- Add GroupDescriptor

- An InvalidOperationException is thrown

To reproduce:

Sub New()
     
    InitializeComponent()

    Dim dt1 As New DataTable
    dt1.Columns.Add("Id", GetType(Integer))
    dt1.Columns.Add("Name", GetType(String))
    For index = 1 To 20
        dt1.Rows.Add(index, "Parent" & index)
    Next
    Me.RadGridView1.MasterTemplate.DataSource = dt1
    Me.RadGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill

    Dim dt2 As New DataTable
    dt2.Columns.Add("Id", GetType(Integer))
    dt2.Columns.Add("Name", GetType(String))
    dt2.Columns.Add("ParentId", GetType(Integer))

    Dim dt3 As New DataTable
    dt3.Columns.Add("Id", GetType(Integer))
    dt3.Columns.Add("Name", GetType(String))
    dt3.Columns.Add("ParentId", GetType(Integer))
    For index = 1 To 20
        If index Mod 2 = 0 Then
            dt2.Rows.Add(index, "Child1." & index, index)
            If index Mod 4 = 0 Then
                dt3.Rows.Add(index, "Child2." & index, index)
            End If
        ElseIf index Mod 3 = 0 Then
            dt3.Rows.Add(index, "Child2." & index, index)
        Else
            dt3.Rows.Add(index, "Child2." & index, index)
        End If

    Next

    Dim template As New GridViewTemplate()
    template.DataSource = dt2
    template.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill
    RadGridView1.MasterTemplate.Templates.Add(template)

    Dim relation As New GridViewRelation(RadGridView1.MasterTemplate)
    relation.ChildTemplate = template
    relation.RelationName = "FirstChild"
    relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("Id")
    relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("ParentId")
    RadGridView1.Relations.Add(relation)

    Dim template2 As New GridViewTemplate()
    template2.DataSource = dt3
    template2.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill
    RadGridView1.MasterTemplate.Templates.Add(template2)

    Dim relation2 As New GridViewRelation(RadGridView1.MasterTemplate)
    relation2.ChildTemplate = template2
    relation2.RelationName = "SecondChild"
    relation2.ParentColumnNames.Add("Id")
    relation2.ChildColumnNames.Add("ParentId")
    RadGridView1.Relations.Add(relation2)

    AddHandler Me.RadGridView1.ChildViewExpanding, AddressOf ChildViewExpanding
End Sub

Private Sub RadGridView1_ViewCellFormatting(sender As Object, e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.CellFormattingEventArgs) _
Handles RadGridView1.ViewCellFormatting
    Dim cell As GridDetailViewCellElement = TryCast(e.CellElement, GridDetailViewCellElement)
    Dim expanderCell As GridGroupExpanderCellElement = TryCast(e.CellElement, GridGroupExpanderCellElement)
    If expanderCell IsNot Nothing AndAlso TypeOf e.CellElement.RowElement Is GridDataRowElement Then
        Dim hierarchyRow As GridViewHierarchyRowInfo = DirectCast(expanderCell.RowInfo, GridViewHierarchyRowInfo)
        If Not IsExpandable(hierarchyRow) Then
            expanderCell.Expander.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Hidden
        Else
            expanderCell.Expander.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Visible
        End If
    ElseIf cell IsNot Nothing Then
        Dim hierarchyRow As GridViewHierarchyRowInfo = DirectCast(DirectCast(cell.RowInfo, GridViewDetailsRowInfo).Owner,  _
        GridViewHierarchyRowInfo)
        For i As Integer = 0 To cell.PageViewElement.Items.Count - 1
            Dim item As RadPageViewItem = cell.PageViewElement.Items(i)
            Dim viewInfo As GridViewInfo = hierarchyRow.Views(i)
            item.Text = "Child Template " & i
            If viewInfo.ChildRows.Count = 0 Then
                If i = 0 AndAlso i < cell.PageViewElement.Items.Count - 1 Then
                    cell.PageViewElement.Items(i + 1).IsSelected = True
                End If
                item.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Hidden
            Else
                item.Visibility = Telerik.WinControls.ElementVisibility.Visible
            End If
        Next
    End If
End Sub

Private Function IsExpandable(hierarchyRow As GridViewHierarchyRowInfo) As Boolean
    For Each view As GridViewInfo In hierarchyRow.Views
        If view.ChildRows.Count > 0 Then
            Return True
        End If
    Next
    Return False
End Function

Workaround:

AddHandler Me.RadGridView1.ChildViewExpanding, AddressOf RadGridView1_ChildViewExpanding 
AddHandler Me.RadGridView1.MouseDown, AddressOf RadGridView_MouseDown

Private Sub RadGridView1_ChildViewExpanding(sender As Object, e As ChildViewExpandingEventArgs)
    If lastClicked IsNot Nothing AndAlso e.ParentRow.Equals(lastClicked) Then
        e.Cancel = False
    Else
        e.Cancel = True
    End If

End Sub

Dim lastClicked As GridViewRowInfo

Private Sub RadGridView_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)
    Dim expander As GridExpanderItem = TryCast(Me.RadGridView1.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(e.Location), GridExpanderItem)
    If expander IsNot Nothing Then
        lastClicked = DirectCast(expander.Parent, GridGroupExpanderCellElement).RowInfo 
    End If 
End Sub

To reproduce:
- Add a checkbox column and hide some of the cells.
- Change some values and then click on empty cell.
- Exception occurs in OnMouseDownLeft method (GridRowBeahvior class)

Workaround:

Hide the checkbox only.

To reproduce:
1. Add a RadMultiColumnComboBox and populate it with data.
2. Set the DropDownStyle property of the control to DropDownList
3. Set the EditorControl.AllowSearchRow and the AutoSizeDropDownToBestFit properties to true .
4. When you open the drop down and try to use the search row (e.g. clicking over the arrow buttons), the drop down is closed.

Workaround: 
public partial class RadForm1 : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm
{
    public RadForm1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.AllowSearchRow = true;
        this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DropDownStyle = Telerik.WinControls.RadDropDownStyle.DropDownList;
        this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.DropDownClosing += RadMultiColumnComboBox1_DropDownClosing;
    }

    private void RadMultiColumnComboBox1_DropDownClosing(object sender, RadPopupClosingEventArgs args)
    {
        Point position = this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);

        Telerik.WinControls.RadElement searchElement = this.radMultiColumnComboBox1.EditorControl.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(position);
        if (searchElement != null)
        {
            GridSearchCellElement parent = searchElement.FindAncestor<GridSearchCellElement>();
            if (parent != null)
            {
                args.Cancel = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

1. Create a new project and setup hierarchy
2. Add a large number of rows as child rows to the last row at first level
3. Run the project and try to expand the last row

- Create a new project containing RadGridView
- Build hierarchy with large text data in cells
- Set the AutoSizeRows property to true and AutoSizeColumnMode to Fill
- Run the project, scroll down and try to click on a cell

I have the following logic for my View, which has a RadGridView control (add to form at design-time).

GUI is a lightweight view, Controller does the heavy lifting. That part is all good.

However setting the column name and column autosize stuff is a little more "over-complicated" than I'd wish to see. It all works though.

Would be nice to have a "GridViewTextBoxColumnAttribute" as per below, for properties on Custom datasource objects to achieve the same thing in a more concise way.

Or am I missing something and there is a much easier way to do what I want?

I have a number of datasource classes: MyObject, MyCar, MyDog, MyWhatever... that ALL have different property names and datatypes, but may or may-not have the same column name or MasterTemplate style.

Also BestFitColumns is a function of the MasterTemplate, would be nice if it were a property for consistency sake (call to internal function encapsulated in the Set etc), as from a Telerik user's perspective it's just an enum. Then it would be setable in the SmartTag window as well, as functions can't be assigned to.

  public partial class RadForm1 : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm, IView
    {
        public RadForm1)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var x = new Controller();
            x.SetTemplate(this);           
        }

        public Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadGridView RadGridView()
        {
            return this.radGridView1;
        }
    }

    public class Controller
    {
        public void SetTemplate(IView view)
        {
            var View_RadGrid = view.RadGridView();
            View_RadGrid.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
            View_RadGrid.MasterTemplate.AutoGenerateHierarchy = false;
            View_RadGrid.MasterTemplate.AllowColumnResize = false;
            View_RadGrid.MasterTemplate.BestFitColumns(Telerik.WinControls.UI.BestFitColumnMode.AllCells);

            var cols = new List<Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewDataColumn>()
            {
                new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewTextBoxColumn("DisplayName1"),
                new Telerik.WinControls.UI.GridViewTextBoxColumn("DisplayName2")
            };
            View_RadGrid.MasterTemplate.Columns.AddRange(cols.ToArray());

            View_RadGrid.DataSource = new List<MyObject>() 
            { 
                new MyObject() { DisplayName1 = "1", DisplayName2 = "2" }, 
                new MyObject() { DisplayName1 = "3", DisplayName2 = "4" } 
            };
        }

        private class MyObject
        {
            [GridViewTextBoxColumnAttribute("DisplayName1", BestFitColumn = Telerik.WinControls.UI.BestFitColumnMode.AllCells, AllowColumnResize = false)]
            public string DisplayName1 { get; set; }

            [GridViewTextBoxColumnAttribute("DisplayName2", BestFitColumn = Telerik.WinControls.UI.BestFitColumnMode.AllCells, AllowColumnResize = false)]
            public string DisplayName2 { get; set; }
        }
    }

    public interface IView
    {
        Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadGridView RadGridView();
    }

    [System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Property)]
    public class GridViewTextBoxColumnAttribute : System.Attribute
    {
        private string FieldName;
        public Telerik.WinControls.UI.BestFitColumnMode BestFitColumn;
        public bool AllowColumnResize;

        public GridViewTextBoxColumnAttribute(string fieldName)
        {
            this.FieldName = fieldName;
        }
    }

How to reproduce:

1. Click DrugName Filter Icon.
2. Uncheck Combivent
3. OK
4. Click name Filter Icon
5. Uncheck Christoff
6. OK
7. Click DrugName Filter Icon
8. Uncheck Dilantin
9. OK

In this scenario the grid should display only 2 rows but it displays 3.

public partial class RadForm1 : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm
{
    public List<Drug> DrugList { get; set; }

    public RadForm1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        DrugList = new List<Drug>();
        LoadDrugList();
        radGridView1.DataSource = DrugList;
        radGridView1.EnableFiltering = true;

        this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
        this.radGridView1.MultiSelect = true;
    }

    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnLoad(e);

        radGridView1.MasterTemplate.ShowFilteringRow = false;
        radGridView1.MasterTemplate.ShowHeaderCellButtons = true;
    }

    void LoadDrugList()
    {
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 25, DrugName = "Indocin", Name = "David"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 50, DrugName = "Enebrel", Name = "Sam" });
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 10, DrugName = "Hydralazine", Name = "Christoff"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 21, DrugName = "Combivent", Name = "Janet"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 100, DrugName = "Dilantin", Name = "Melanie"});
    }

}

Workaround: use a custom filter popup
public partial class RadForm1 : Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadForm
{
    public List<Drug> DrugList { get; set; }

    public RadForm1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        DrugList = new List<Drug>();
        LoadDrugList();
        radGridView1.DataSource = DrugList;
        radGridView1.EnableFiltering = true;

        this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;
        this.radGridView1.MultiSelect = true;

        this.radGridView1.FilterPopupRequired += RadGridView1_FilterPopupRequired;
    }

    private void RadGridView1_FilterPopupRequired(object sender, FilterPopupRequiredEventArgs e)
    {
        e.FilterPopup = new CustomRadListFilterPopup(e.Column);
    }

    protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnLoad(e);

        radGridView1.MasterTemplate.ShowFilteringRow = false;
        radGridView1.MasterTemplate.ShowHeaderCellButtons = true;
    }

    void LoadDrugList()
    {
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 25, DrugName = "Indocin", Name = "David"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 50, DrugName = "Enebrel", Name = "Sam" });
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 10, DrugName = "Hydralazine", Name = "Christoff"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 21, DrugName = "Combivent", Name = "Janet"});
        DrugList.Add(new Drug { Dosage = 100, DrugName = "Dilantin", Name = "Melanie"});
    }

}

public class CustomRadListFilterPopup : RadListFilterPopup
{
    public CustomRadListFilterPopup(GridViewDataColumn dataColumn) 
        : base(dataColumn)
    {
    }

    protected override void OnButtonOkClick(EventArgs e)
    {
        FilterMenuTreeItem treeMenuItem = this.Items.FirstOrDefault(i => i is FilterMenuTreeItem) as FilterMenuTreeItem;
        if (treeMenuItem == null)
        {
            base.OnButtonOkClick(e);
        }

        FilterMenuTreeElement listFilterElement = treeMenuItem.TreeElement;

        FilterOperator filterOperator = FilterOperator.IsEqualTo;

        switch (listFilterElement.SelectedMode)
        {
            case ListFilterSelectedMode.All:
                filterOperator = FilterOperator.None;
                break;
            case ListFilterSelectedMode.Null:
                filterOperator = FilterOperator.IsNull;
                break;
            case ListFilterSelectedMode.NotNull:
                filterOperator = FilterOperator.IsNotNull;
                break;
        }

        if (filterOperator != FilterOperator.IsEqualTo)
        {
            SetFilterOperator(filterOperator);
            this.ClosePopup(RadPopupCloseReason.CloseCalled);
        }
        else
        {
            CompositeFilterDescriptor compositeFilterDescriptor = new CompositeFilterDescriptor();
            compositeFilterDescriptor.PropertyName = this.DataColumn.Name;
            RadListFilterDistinctValuesTable distinctValues = this.GetDistinctValuesTable();
            string blanksKey = RadGridLocalizationProvider.CurrentProvider.GetLocalizedString(RadGridStringId.FilterMenuBlanks);
            bool blanks = listFilterElement.SelectedValues.Contains(blanksKey);
            compositeFilterDescriptor.LogicalOperator = FilterLogicalOperator.And;

            foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in distinctValues)
            {
                object key = entry.Key;

                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Convert.ToString(key)))
                {
                    key = blanksKey;
                }

                if (this.DataColumn is GridViewDateTimeColumn || this.DataColumn.DataType == typeof(DateTime) || this.DataColumn.DataType == typeof(DateTime?))
                {
                    DateTime dateTime;

                    if (DateTime.TryParse(key.ToString(), out dateTime))
                    {
                        object dataKey;
                        if (RadDataConverter.Instance.TryFormat(treeMenuItem.TreeElement.GroupedDateValues ? dateTime.Date : dateTime, typeof(string), this.DataColumn, out dataKey) == null)
                        {
                            key = dataKey;
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (!listFilterElement.SelectedValues.Contains(key))
                {
                    foreach (object value in (ArrayList)entry.Value)
                    {
                        FilterDescriptor descriptor;
                        if (value == DBNull.Value)
                        {
                            descriptor = new FilterDescriptor(this.DataColumn.Name, FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo, null);
                        }
                        else if (this.DataColumn is GridViewDateTimeColumn || this.DataColumn.DataType == typeof(DateTime) || this.DataColumn.DataType == typeof(DateTime?))
                        {
                            descriptor = new DateFilterDescriptor(this.DataColumn.Name, FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo, (DateTime?)value, false);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            descriptor = new FilterDescriptor(this.DataColumn.Name, FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo, value);
                        }

                        compositeFilterDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
                    }
                }
            }

            if (this.DataColumn.FilterDescriptor != null)
            {
                CompositeFilterDescriptor compositeFilter = this.DataColumn.FilterDescriptor as CompositeFilterDescriptor;
                if (compositeFilter != null)
                {
                    foreach (var item in compositeFilter.FilterDescriptors)
                    {
                        if (listFilterElement.SelectedValues.Contains(item.Value))
                        {
                            continue;
                        }

                        FilterDescriptor descriptor = new FilterDescriptor(this.DataColumn.Name, FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo, item.Value);
                        compositeFilterDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
                    }
                }
                else if(!listFilterElement.SelectedValues.Contains(this.DataColumn.FilterDescriptor.Value))
                {
                    FilterDescriptor descriptor = new FilterDescriptor(this.DataColumn.Name, FilterOperator.IsNotEqualTo, this.DataColumn.FilterDescriptor.Value);
                    compositeFilterDescriptor.FilterDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
                }
            }
            this.FilterDescriptor = compositeFilterDescriptor;

            OnFilterConfirmed();
        }
    }
}

Workaround:

        private void radGridView1_ConditionalFormattingFormShown(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ConditionalFormattingForm f = sender as ConditionalFormattingForm;
            if (f != null)
            {
                f.Width += 5;
            }
        }

To reproduce:
Add a RadGridView and use the following code. When you expand the first row, the vertical scrollbar is not correct. Scrolling down changes its size. However, if you expand the last row, it takes few seconds to open.

Second scenario:
In addition of the following code, if you change the TableElement.PageViewMode to PageViewMode.ExplorerBar, expanding the first row takes few seconds to load the hierarchical data as well.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        List<Item> items = new List<Item>();
        List<SubItem> subItems = new List<SubItem>();

        for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
        {
            Item item = new Item(i, "Item" + i);
            
            for (int j = 1000; j <= 2010; j++)
            {
                subItems.Add(new SubItem(j, "SubItem" + j, i));
            }

            items.Add(item);
        }

        this.radGridView1.DataSource = items;
        this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;

        GridViewTemplate template = new GridViewTemplate();
        template.ReadOnly = true;
        template.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill;

        GridViewRelation relation = new GridViewRelation(this.radGridView1.MasterTemplate, template);
        relation.ParentColumnNames.Add("Id");
        relation.ChildColumnNames.Add("ItemId");
        this.radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Templates.Add(template);
        this.radGridView1.Relations.Add(relation);
        template.DataSource = subItems;
    }
}

public class Item
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Title { get; set; }

    public Item(int id, string title)
    {
        this.Id = id;
        this.Title = title;
    }
}

public class SubItem
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    public int ItemId { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }
    
    public SubItem(int id, string name, int itemId)
    {
        this.Id = id;
        this.ItemId = itemId;
        this.Name = name;
    }
}

Hello,

I am having issues with DateTime editor in the grid. We have custom date/time format for our dates - "HH:mm:ss dd-MMM-yyyy" and the datetime editor is set to free form date time with this mask. When user typed a value in the editor it is passed to FreeFormDateTimeProvider.Validate method, which calls DateInput.ParseDate. DateTimeLexer splits this kind of values just fine, but obviously time related tokens comes first and then the date related tokens.

Unfortunately DateTimeParser.Parse method is made the way that it parse date at first and then time from the tokens list. In my case this means time value is parsed and the date value is dropped to default. Why didn't you check that if after ParseDate and ParseTime calls the date portion is null but there are still remaining tokens in the list, so you may call ParseDate one more time?

Do you have any suggestion how could I resolve this issue? Everything related to date time parsing is not extendable at all, starting from DateInput, most of the classes and methods are not public and even some public methods are not virtual. Can I have the Telerik free form date time typing capabilities in the editor but still have time part before date part?

Please run the attached sample project and try to expand a row. The following error occurs:

The function OnNotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName) in RadGridView.cs does not call the base function of RadControl.

RadGridView.cs

        protected override void OnNotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            if (propertyName == "AutoSize")
            {
                if (!this.AutoSize)
                {
                    this.RootElement.StretchHorizontally = true;
                    this.RootElement.StretchVertically = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    this.RootElement.StretchHorizontally = false;
                    this.RootElement.StretchVertically = false;
                }
            }
        }

RadControl.cs

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the PropertyChanged event
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyName">The name of the property</param>
        protected virtual void OnNotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            this.OnNotifyPropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }

        protected virtual void OnNotifyPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler1 =
                (PropertyChangedEventHandler)this.Events[RadControl.PropertyChangedEventKey];
            if (handler1 != null)
            {
                handler1(this, e);
            }
        }

Because of this i cannot do the following

RadGridView grid = new RadGridView();
grid.OnNotifyPropertyChanged("mypropertyname");

I currently work around this by doing the following

RadGridView grid = new RadGridView();
grid.OnNotifyPropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs("mypropertyname"));

I need this functionality because i have a custom control which is derived from RadGridView and it has a custom property that requires databinding with INotifyPropertyChanged. I cannot implement this interface myself because the grid already does this.

I have checked this in both the 2018.1.220 and 2019.1.219 source.

Kind regards,

Edwin Dirkzwager
CIP Software

To reproduce:

Update the data source directly and check the OldItems array.

To reproduce: change the decimal separator to ",".

Please refer to the attached sample project and follow the steps from the attached gif file. 

Workaround: change the CurrentCulture in your application in order to affect the decimal separator:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB");
            

When UseCompatibleTextRendering property is set to false, the data cells overlaps the row header cells when horizontal scrolling is performed.