Frozen Columns

The Grid lets you freeze one or more columns. This will allow the user to scroll horizontally through the Grid, but still be able to keep some important columns visible at all times (such as ID or command column).

To enable the column freezing, set the Locked parameter of the column to true.

If the column you want to freeze is not the first in the list, the grid must be scrollable. This requires that there are enough columns with their Width set so that the grid has a horizontal scrollbar (the sum of the Widths of the columns exceeds the Width of the grid). You can read more about the scrolling behavior of the grid in the Grid Column Width Behavior article.

This article you can observe Freezing different columns. The examples are separated into types for clarity:

• Frozen first and last columns
• Frozen column in the middle of the Grid

Frozen first and last columns

Use static markup to Freeze the first and last columns in a Grid

@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Result))
{
    <div class="alert alert-info w-25">@Result</div>
}

<TelerikGrid Data="@GridData"
             Width="850px"
             Height="400px">
    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.ProductName) Title="Product Name" Width="150px" Locked="true" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.UnitPrice) Title="Unit Price" Width="150px" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.UnitsInStock) Title="Units in stock" Width="150px" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.CreatedAt) Title="Date created" Width="250px" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.Discontinued) Title="Discontinued" Width="150px" />
        <GridCommandColumn Width="250px" Locked="true">
            <GridCommandButton Command="CustomCommand"
                               Icon="@SvgIcon.InfoCircle"
                               OnClick="@((GridCommandEventArgs  e) => Result = $" click from {(e.Item as Product).ProductName}" )">
                Information
            </GridCommandButton>
        </GridCommandColumn>
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>

@code {
    private string Result { get; set; }

    #region Sample data
    public List<Product> GridData { get; set; }
    DateTime StartDate = new DateTime(2018, 1, 1);
    static Random RandomGenerator = new Random();
    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        GridData = GenerateProducts();
    }
    private List<Product> GenerateProducts()
    {
        List<Product> products = new List<Product>();
        for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
        {
            var product = new Product()
            {
                ProductId = i,
                ProductName = "Product " + i.ToString(),
                SupplierId = i,
                UnitPrice = (decimal)(i * 3.14),
                UnitsInStock = (short)(i * 1),
                Discontinued = RandomGenerator.NextDouble() >= 0.5,
                CreatedAt = GetRandomDate(StartDate)
            };
            products.Add(product);
        }
        return products;
    }
    private DateTime GetRandomDate(DateTime startDate)
    {
        int range = (DateTime.Today - startDate).Days;
        return startDate.AddDays(RandomGenerator.Next(range));
    }
    public class Product
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int SupplierId { get; set; }
        public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
        public short UnitsInStock { get; set; }
        public bool Discontinued { get; set; }
        public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
    }
    #endregion
}

Frozen column in the middle of the Grid

Observe the behavior of a locked column that is neither first, nor last

@*You can observe the behavior of a frozen column that is neither first, nor last*@

<TelerikGrid Data="@GridData"
             Width="550px"
             Height="400px">
    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.ProductName) Title="Product Name" Width="200px" Locked="true" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.UnitPrice) Title="Unit Price" Width="200px" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(Product.SupplierId) Title="Supplier Id" Width="150px" Locked="true" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(Product.UnitsInStock)" Title="Units In Stock" Width="200px" />
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>


@code {
    private bool isFrozen { get; set; } = false;
    private string Result { get; set; }

    #region Sample data
    public List<Product> GridData { get; set; }
    static Random RandomGenerator = new Random();
    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        GridData = GenerateProducts();
    }

    private List<Product> GenerateProducts()
    {
        List<Product> products = new List<Product>();

        for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
        {
            var product = new Product()
            {
                ProductId = i,
                ProductName = "Product " + i.ToString(),
                SupplierId = i,
                UnitPrice = (decimal)(i * 3.14),
                UnitsInStock = (short)(i * 1),
            };
            products.Add(product);
        }
        return products;
    }

    public class Product
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int SupplierId { get; set; }
        public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
        public short UnitsInStock { get; set; }
    }
    #endregion
}

Limitations

The frozen columns pose some requirements:

• The Width of the Grid must be set in px units.

• When a column is frozen (it has Locked="true"), its Width must be in px units.

See also

• Live demo: Frozen Columns