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HTML Output and CSS Styles

RadPivotGrid is designed to display pivoted data in a table-based layout. This article will introduce you to the main pieces of the control HTML output and the CSS classes used to provide styling to them.

HTML output

The following code snippet presents a simplified version of the RadPivotGrid HTML output. You could easily locate which piece represents which part of the control based on the CSS classes applied.

<div class="RadPivotGrid RadPivotGrid_[SkinName]">
    <table class="rpgTable">
        <colgroup>
            <col />
            <col />
            <col />
            .......
        </colgroup>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="" class="rpgDataZone">
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem">Data Zone 1</span> <span class="rpgFieldItem">Data Zone 2</span>
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem">Data Zone 3</span>
                </td>
                <td colspan="" class="rpgColumnsZone">
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Column 1</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortAsc" /></span>
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Column 2</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortDesc" /></span>
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Column 3</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortAsc" /></span>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="rpgRowsZone">
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Rows 1</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortAsc" /></span>
                </td>
                <td class="rpgRowsZone">
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Rows 2</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortAsc" /></span>
                </td>
                <td class="rpgRowsZone">
                    <span class="rpgFieldItem"><a href="#">Rows 3</a><input type="submit" class="rpgSortAsc" /></span>
                </td>
                <td class="rpgColumnHeaderZone">
                    <div class="rpgColumnHeaderDiv">
                        <table cellspacing="0" border="0" class="rpgTable">
                            <colgroup>
                                <col />
                                <col />
                                .......
                                <col />
                            </colgroup>
                            <tbody>
                                <tr>
                                    <th colspan="" class="rpgColumnHeader" scope="col">
                                        <input type="submit" class="rpgCollapse" />Column Header 1-0
                                    </th>
                                    <th rowspan="" class="rpgColumnHeaderTotal" scope="col">
                                        Column Header 1-1
                                    </th>
                                    <th rowspan="" class="rpgColumnHeaderTotal" scope="col">
                                        Column Header 1-2
                                    </th>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <th colspan="" class="rpgColumnHeader" scope="col">
                                        <input type="submit" class="rpgCollapse" />Column Header 2-0
                                    </th>
                                    <th rowspan="" class="rpgColumnHeaderTotal" scope="col">
                                        Column Header 2-1
                                    </th>
                                    <th rowspan="" class="rpgColumnHeaderTotal" scope="col">
                                        Column Header 2-2
                                    </th>
                                </tr>
                            </tbody>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td rowspan="" class="rpgVerticalScroll">
                    <div class="rpgVerticalScrollDiv" style="height: ; width: ; overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: hidden;">
                        <div style="height: ; width: ;">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="" class="rpgRowHeaderZone">
                    <div class="rpgRowHeaderZoneDiv">
                        <table class="rpgTable">
                            <colgroup>
                                <col />
                                <col />
                                <col />
                            </colgroup>
                            <tbody>
                                <tr>
                                    <td rowspan="" class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        <input type="submit" class="rpgCollapse" />Row Header 1-0
                                    </td>
                                    <td rowspan="" class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        Row Header 1-1
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        Row Header 1-2
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    <td rowspan="" class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        <input type="submit" class="rpgCollapse" />Row Header 1 - 0
                                    </td>
                                    <td rowspan="" class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        Row Header 1-1
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgRowHeader">
                                        Row Header 1-2
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                            </tbody>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td class="rpgContentZone">
                    <div class="rpgContentZoneDiv">
                        <table class="rpgTable">
                            <colgroup>
                                <col />
                                <col />
                                <col />
                                .... .... ....
                            </colgroup>
                            <tbody>
                                <tr>
                                    <td class="rpgDataCell">
                                        Cell 1-1
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgDataCell">
                                        Cell 1-2
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgDataCell">
                                        Cell 1-3
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgDataCell rpgColumnTotalDataCell">
                                        Cell 1-3
                                    </td>
                                    <td class="rpgDataCell">
                                        Cell 1-4
                                    </td>
                                </tr>
                                <tr>
                                    .... ....
                                </tr>
                                .... ....
                            </tbody>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="rpgHorizontalScroll">
                    <div style="width: ; height: ; overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden;">
                        <div style="width: ; height: ;">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>

CSS classes and their usage

Below you will find a list of all CSS classes used in RadPivotGrid along with the elements that they are applied on an a short description of their usage:

  • div.RadPivotGrid.RadPivotGrid_[SkinName] - the control's wrapper, which holds the skin name. By default it is a block-level element with a border.

  • span.rpgFieldItem - all items in zones and fields window are called PivotGridFieldItems and have the rpgFieldItem class. These field items are placed in the following zones:

  • td.rpgDataZone - DataFields Zone – cell, that contains all data fields and aggregates. The PivotGrid calculates summaries against these fields.

  • td.rpgColumnsZone - ColumnFields Zone - The pivot grid control represents column headers through these fields.

  • td.rpgRowsZone - RowFields Zone - The pivot grid control represents column headers through these fields. All header fields are in a separate RowFields zone.

  • td.rpgColumnHeaderZone - contains the column headers.

  • div.rpgColumnHeaderDiv - contains the column headers. Used for scrolling the column header zone.

  • th.rpgColumnHeader - all column header cells have this class assigned.

  • td.rpgRowHeaderZone - contains the row headers.

  • div.rpgRowHeaderZoneDiv - contains the row headers. Used for scrolling the column header zone.

  • td.rpgRowHeader - all row header cells have this class assigned.

  • div.rpgContentZone - contains the data cells.

  • div.rpgContentZoneDiv - used for scrolling the content zone.

  • td.rpgDataCell - all data cells have this class assigned.

  • table.rpgTable - assigned to the tables which hold the column and row headers, and the data cells.

  • td.rpgColumnTotalDataCell - all column total cells have this class assigned.

  • td.rpgRowTotalDataCell - all row total cells have this class assigned.

  • td.rpgColumnGrandTotalDataCell - grand total data cells are assigned this class.

  • tr.rpgPager - a table row element that contains the pager item.

  • tr.rpgPagerTop - a table row element that contains the top pager item.

  • tr.rpgPagerBottom - a table row element that contains the bottom pager item.

  • td.rpgVerticalScroll - contains the vertical scroll if it is turned on and is necessary.

  • td.rpgHorizontalScroll - contains the vertical scroll, if it is necessary.

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