Yes, the ASP ListView is very flexible and powerful. I prefer it to a datagrid too. J ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:21 PM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers aven't looked into it yet - starting to go through various possibilities roundabout now, and this is in any case more of a recommendation to other developer about how to try make it work, but will still try give him an example or 2 to look at. Something like JQuery does interest me in any case since seems like it might do a couple of other types of things I might like to make use of at some stage, but the ASPX list view, templatised might in fact be the quickest/easiest way to do what they want right now. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: RicksPlace To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers Hi Guys: Again I would recommend looking at the ASP ListView control. It allows you to use a templated html setup to format outputs. I believe You could just bind the ListView to the data then specify either a couple of list or tables as the rendered outputs. Then, in the templates, set up the headings to remain fixed and the data columns to scroll. I'm not sure about this but it deservs a look since the real question here is picking the right tool for a job and perhaps the DataGrid or GridView is not the right tool for this job. If it is, Scott Mitchell has a step by step article describing using html to set up a webpage as desired. Other approaches including CSS and JQuery are more complex and used to get around the GridView's inherrant flaws in this respect. Anyway, I have not seen any discussion on whether the tool mentioned, GridView or whatever it is now called, is the best tool for the job at hand. Is it because you know it is not the correct tool from experience or because you have just never used it? Just asking because I found the ListView good for another purpose and it is quite flexible once you understand how it works. Rick USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacques Bosch To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:00 AM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers You could do that, yes, but if you clone the header row with jQuery you probably wouldn't have to. Unless your columns are being sized by the content of the data rows. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:52 AM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers Ok, that also makes sense. In other words, a javascript function would go and set the column widths for the header table to the same as the widths of the actual data displaying table columns? Stay well Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: black ares To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:38 AM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers is not necessary jquery. With only javascript it is enough to do this. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:37 PM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers JQuery? I'm somewhat out of practice with this type of web development - obviously...<smile> Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacques Bosch To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Program-l Cc: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:02 PM Subject: Re: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers Well, somebody mentioned a MX data grid which I have never used. But what you could do is to put the datagrid in a div with overflow set to auto. Then, with jQuery, it should be quite trivial to clone the header row and insert it in another div right above the data grid's div and hide the original header row. With a little fiddling that should give you the static headers you are aiming for. Jacques ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: Program-l Cc: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:52 PM Subject: ASP.Net scrollable datagrid, but with static/unmoving column headers Don't think there are too many guys involved in/looking into ASP.Net on VI programming lists, but specifically, at the moment, trying to figure out how to implement static/unmoving column headers for an ASP.Net datagrid, with the specific issue being that since there are quite a few datarows being rendered in a datagrid, they want the column headers to stay static/floating above the then scrollable columns of data, and was just wondering if anyone had ideas off hand. My own would be to in fact implement a static HTML table above the datagrid, with the column headers in it, and then implement the datagrid in something like either an inline frame, or a normal frame to allow the browser to scroll up and down inside it, while still seeing the column headers above, but the primary issue so far is I don't seem to be able to query/find a rendition of the column widths etc. from the datagrid control, but have otherwise been thinking about in fact chucking out the datagrid control as such, and just something closer to older, classic ASP to in fact just render the HTML output version of something like this, and would then just base the column widths on something like a certain number of pixels/points per letter of the column name, and would then use something closer to the classic ASP/PHP outputting of the data table inside another frame or something. Thoughts/examples/suggestions? 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