Question

I am using the ASP.NET3.5 gridview control in a new project. My problem is that the gridview presents data in basic tabular format, whereas I want a grid with row header / grouping behaviors. An example of this would be Outlook web interface, which can group emails by date, as well as allowing you to select individual emails to display.

My problem: I can’t see how this could be easily done with Gridview? I did find a product called Telerik that has a seemingly fancy Gridview, but I am hesitant to spend money on a single components that now also locks me into a third-party framework…

Answer 1

For a grouping feature, check out this example: http://mattberseth.com/blog/2008/01/building_a_grouping_grid_with.html

This thing can be more easily done with a ListView than a GridView.