Grid tag helper template

[Christian Sandöy]

this template does not work

<column field="Dato" title="Dato" template="#= (Dato == null) ? ' ' : kendo.toString(Dato, 'dd-MM-yyyy') #" />

t works in a html helper grid

t shows the time also

[Christian Sandöy]

I change it to this

<column field="Dato" title="Dato" template="#= (Dato == null) ? ' ' : kendo.toString(kendo.parseDate(Dato), 'dd-MM-yyyy') #" />

 This works

 Why does html helper template not work in tag helper template???

[Tsvetina]

Hello Christian,

The DataSource in the HTML helper Grid can determine the field types automatically based on the Grid model.

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<Kendo.Mvc.Examples.Models.ProductViewModel>()

In the tag helper, there is no such model assignment, so the field types should be declared explicitly for fields different than strings. This is noted in the documentation here: Configuration.

<kendo-grid name="grid" height="550">
    <datasource type="DataSourceTagHelperType.Custom" custom-type="odata" page-size="20">
        <transport>
            <read url="https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/Northwind.svc/Orders" />
        </transport>
        <schema>
            <model>
                <fields>
                    <field name="OrderID" type="number"></field>
                    <field name="OrderDate" type="Date"></field>
                </fields>
            </model>
        </schema>
    </datasource>
    <groupable enabled="true" />
    <sortable enabled="true" />
    <filterable enabled="true" />
    <pageable button-count="5" refresh="true" page-sizes="new int[] { 5, 10, 20 }">
    </pageable>
    <columns>
        <column field="OrderID" width="120" />
        <column field="OrderDate" title="Order Date" format="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" />
        <column field="ShipName" title="Ship Name" width="300" />
        <column field="ShipCity" title="Ship City" width="250" />
    </columns>
</kendo-grid>

 
Without such declaration, all fields are treated as strings and that is why you first needed to parse the Date before you could format it. 

Regards,
Tsvetina
Progress Telerik

[Christian Sandöy]

Thanks it works now