GridView - Show headers on empty data source

Question

In C# how do I still show the headers of a gridview, even with the data source is empty.

I am not auto generating the columns as they are all predefined.

C

Answer 1

Juste add ShowHeaderWhenEmpty property and set it at true

This solution works for me

Answer 2

You can set the ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords property of the ownertableview to true. aspx:

<asp:GridView ID="RadGrid2" runat="server" >       
<MasterTableView ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords="true"  > 

Also when the datasource for the GridView is null(when no records), you can try setting it as shown below: c#:

  if (GridView1.DataSource == null)  
  {  
        GridView1.DataSource = new string[] { };  
  } 
  GridView1.DataBind();

Answer 3

set "<asp:GridView AutoGenerateColumns="false" ShowHeaderWhenEmpty="true""

showheaderwhenEmpty Property

Answer 4

Use an EmptyDataTemplate like below. When your DataSource has no records, you will see your grid with headers, and the literal text or HTML that is inside the EmptyDataTemplate tags.

<asp:GridView ID="gvResults" AutoGenerateColumns="False" HeaderStyle-CssClass="tableheader" runat="server">
    <EmptyDataTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="lblEmptySearch" runat="server">No Results Found</asp:Label>
    </EmptyDataTemplate>
    <Columns>
        <asp:BoundField DataField="ItemId" HeaderText="ID" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="Description" HeaderText="Description" />
        ...
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>

Answer 5

I found a very simple solution to the problem. I simply created two GridViews. The first GridView called a DataSource with a query that was designed to return no rows. It simply contained the following:

    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left">
            <HeaderTemplate>

               <asp:Label ID="lbl0" etc.>  </asp:Label>
               <asp:Label ID="lbl1" etc.>  </asp:Label>

            </HeaderTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
    </Columns>

Then I created a div with the following characteristics and I place a GridView inside of it with ShowHeader="false" so that the top row is the same size as all the other rows.

<div style="overflow: auto; height: 29.5em; width: 100%">
    <asp:GridView ID="Rollup" runat="server" ShowHeader="false" DataSourceID="ObjectDataSource">
        <Columns>
            <asp:TemplateField HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Left">
                <ItemTemplate>

               <asp:Label ID="lbl0" etc.>  </asp:Label>
               <asp:Label ID="lbl1" etc.>  </asp:Label>

                </ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
</div>

Answer 6

<asp:GridView ID="grdGroup"  EmptyDataText="No Records Found" ShowHeaderWhenEmpty="True" runat="server">

This is a basic example of Gridview with EmptyDataText and ShowHeaderWhenEmpty