Add New Row Button

RadGridView allows you to display an additional row that will allow you to insert new entries in the bound collection. To display it, set the NewRowPosition property to either Top or Bottom and expose an empty constructor in the underlying object.

The Bottom option works only when the GroupRenderMode property of RadGridView is set to Flat.

The following example shows how to display the new row:

Defining the underlying object and view model

• C#
• VB.NET

public class Person 
{ 
    //Expose an empty constructor to create a new row 
    public Person() 
    {  
    } 
 
    public string Name { get; set; } 
    public int Age { get; set; } 
} 
 
public class MainViewModel 
{ 
    public MainViewModel() 
    { 
        this.People = new ObservableCollection<Person>() 
        { 
            new Person() { Name = "Jack", Age = 25 }, 
            new Person() { Name = "Nick", Age = 35 }, 
            new Person() { Name = "Mike", Age = 45 }, 
        }; 
    } 
 
    public ObservableCollection<Person> People { get; set; } 
} 

Public Class Person 
    'Expose an empty constructor to create a new row 
    Public Sub New() 
    End Sub 
 
    Public Property Name As String 
    Public Property Age As Integer 
End Class 
 
Public Class MainViewModel 
    Public Sub New() 
        Me.People = New ObservableCollection(Of Person)() From { 
            New Person() With { 
                .Name = "Jack", 
                .Age = 25 
            }, 
            New Person() With { 
                .Name = "Nick", 
                .Age = 35 
            }, 
            New Person() With { 
                .Name = "Mike", 
                .Age = 45 
            } 
        } 
    End Sub 
 
    Public Property People As ObservableCollection(Of Person) 
End Class 

Defining the RadGridView to show the new row

• XAML

<Grid> 
    <Grid.DataContext> 
        <local:MainViewModel/> 
    </Grid.DataContext> 
    <telerik:RadGridView x:Name="radGridView" 
                         ItemsSource="{Binding People}" 
                         NewRowPosition="Top"/> 
</Grid> 

The new row of RadGridView for inserting data

New Row Position

The NewRowPosition property allows you to specify whether the new row will be visible on the top or on the bottom of the items, or not be displayed at all. The property is of the type of GridViewNewRowPosition and it exposes the following options:

• None—With this option, the new row will not be displayed. This is the default value of the NewRowPosition property.
• Top—Displays the new row on top of the displayed items.
• Bottom—Displays the new row on the bottom of the items in the current view port. For this option, the GroupRenderMode property of RadGridView has to be set to Flat.

Setting the new row position to be on the bottom

• XAML

<Grid> 
    <Grid.DataContext> 
        <local:MainViewModel/> 
    </Grid.DataContext> 
    <telerik:RadGridView x:Name="radGridView" 
                         ItemsSource="{Binding People}" 
                         GroupRenderMode="Flat" 
                         NewRowPosition="Bottom"/> 
</Grid> 

RadGridView's new row positioned on the bottom

Customizing the New Row's Content

RadGridView provides the ability to customize the content of the new row. To do so, you can utilize the GridViewNewRowContent and GridViewNewRowContentTemplate properties.

Using the GridViewNewRowContent and GridViewNewRowContentTemplate

• XAML

<Grid> 
    <Grid.DataContext> 
        <local:MainViewModel/> 
    </Grid.DataContext> 
    <telerik:RadGridView x:Name="radGridView" 
                         ItemsSource="{Binding People}" 
                         GroupRenderMode="Flat" 
                         GridViewNewRowContent="Add new user" 
                         NewRowPosition="Top"> 
        <telerik:RadGridView.GridViewNewRowContentTemplate> 
            <DataTemplate> 
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> 
                    <telerik:RadGlyph Glyph="{StaticResource GlyphUser}" Margin="0 0 10 0" Foreground="Red"/> 
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" VerticalAlignment="Center"/> 
                </StackPanel> 
            </DataTemplate> 
        </telerik:RadGridView.GridViewNewRowContentTemplate> 
    </telerik:RadGridView> 
</Grid> 

RadGridView's new row with customized content

Styling the New Row Element

The new row of RadGridView is represented by the GridViewNewRow element. You can style it either implicitly (via a global Style) or utilize the NewRowStyle property of RadGridView. To learn how to style the GridViewNewRow element, check the Styling the GridViewNewRow article.