columnShow

Fired when the user shows a column.

The event handler function context (available via the this keyword) will be set to the widget instance.

Event Data

e.column Object

A JavaScript object which represents the column configuration.

e.sender kendo.ui.Grid

The widget instance which fired the event.

Example - subscribe to the "columnShow" event during initialization

<div id="grid"></div>
<script>
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
  columns: [
    { field: "name" },
    { field: "age" }
  ],
  dataSource: [
    { name: "Jane Doe", age: 30 },
    { name: "John Doe", age: 33 }
  ],
  columnMenu: true,
  columnShow: function(e) {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
    console.log(e.column.field); // displays the field of the hidden column
  }
});
</script>

Example - subscribe to the "columnShow" event after initialization

<div id="grid"></div>
<script>
function grid_columnShow(e) {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
  console.log(e.column.field); // displays the field of the hidden column
}
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
  columns: [
    { field: "name" },
    { field: "age" }
  ],
  dataSource: [
    { name: "Jane Doe", age: 30 },
    { name: "John Doe", age: 33 }
  ],
  columnMenu: true
});
var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
grid.bind("columnShow", grid_columnShow);
</script>