Grid without header row

[jeroenh]

I'm trying to find out how to hide the header row in the grid. Is this
possible?

Thanks!
jeroen

[Jeremy Skinner]

Hi Jeroen,

You'll need to create a custom GridRenderer to do this. Create a class that inherits from MvcContrib.UI.Grid.HtmlTableGridRenderer<T> and override the RenderHeader method. You can then pass your custom GridRenderer to the grid's RenderUsing method.

Jeremy

2009/10/28 jeroenh <jeroen.h...@gmail.com>

[jeroenh]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for your reply.

> You'll need to create a custom GridRenderer to do this. Create a class that
> inherits from MvcContrib.UI.Grid.HtmlTableGridRenderer<T> and override the
> RenderHeader method. You can then pass your custom GridRenderer to the

What I did:

public class GridWithoutHeaderRenderer<T>:
MvcContrib.UI.Grid.HtmlTableGridRenderer<T> where T : class
{
protected override bool RenderHeader()
{
return false;
}
}

However, this results in no table rendered at all... Any clues?

thanks,
jeroen

[Jeremy Skinner]

You need to return true - the return value of RenderHeader indicates whether rendering should continue afterwards. By overriding RenderHeader you've already stopped the header from rendering, so you now need the GridRenderer to continue rendering the rest of the table.

Jeremy

2009/10/28 jeroenh <jeroen.h...@gmail.com>

[jeroenh]

Yes, I found that out myself in the mean time. However, returning
false was not the main problem (It should still have rendered the 'no
data' line).

The main issue was that I *replaced* the 'Render()' call with
'RenderUsing(new MyCustomRenderer())'.

So for future reference: when you need to use a custom grid renderer
this is the syntax:

Html.Grid(items).Columns(...).RenderUsing(new MyCustomRenderer
()).Render();

thanks again,
jeroen

On 28 okt, 21:55, Jeremy Skinner <jer...@jeremyskinner.co.uk> wrote:
> You need to return true - the return value of RenderHeader indicates whether
> rendering should continue afterwards. By overriding RenderHeader you've
> already stopped the header from rendering, so you now need the GridRenderer
> to continue rendering the rest of the table.
>
> Jeremy
>

> 2009/10/28 jeroenh <jeroen.haegeba...@gmail.com>

[Jeremy Skinner]

Ah, yes the call to Render is indeed necessary if you're using the ActionSyntax.

If you're using the regular syntax, then it is optional.

Jeremy

2009/10/28 jeroenh <jeroen.h...@gmail.com>