Codeless Development Experience - RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX significantly simplifies the control deployment by providing:

• Codeless databinding
• Codeless insert, update, delete datasource operations
• Codeless paging, sorting, selecting, filtering
• Codeless grouping and hierarchy
• Codeless interface styling

Databinding - RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX supports codeless binding to all ASP.NET declarative datasources (AccessDataSource, ObjectDataSource, SqlDataSource, SiteMapDataSource, XmlDataSource) as well as the new LinqDataSource. The control can also be bound to business objects, sub-objects and nullable objects. You can also bind RadGrid to pivot tables if you need to reverse the data order but still keep the same presentation and structure in the source table.

Unbeatable Performance - Thanks to a very optimized databinding logic, RadGrid provides swift behavior of all key capabilities such as paging, grouping, sorting, etc. You can also tune RadGrid performance by controlling the balance between client-side load and speed. Thanks to the three available modes (Server, Client and Ajax on demand) as well as the ControlState feature you can choose the most optimized balance for your scenario.

Extensive VS.NET Design-time Support - RadGrid provides rich design-time support functionality, making customizations and configurations very easy. Some of the key capabilities are:

• Applying skins in design-time and easily switching between them - the Choose Skin command in RadMenu Smart tag automatically detects the preset skins
• Design-time support for declarative ASP.NET 2.0 datasources
• A rich Smart Tag and Property Builder dialog for customization of all key grid features.

Hierarchical Grids - RadGrid allows presentation of related DataSets as hierarchical structures of tables. A unique feature of the component is the ability to have more than one tables in the same level of hierarchy. RadGrid also supports self-referencing hierarchy - building multiple levels of hierarchy from a single table in the datasource by specifying relations inside the same level. Hierarchy can be expanded on the server, the client or in mixed mode providing you unlimited customization options.

Outlook-style Grouping - You can easily implement multilevel Outlook-style grouping of data from a single table - just drag the column header(s) to the group panel, which defines the groping order and hierarchy. You can also programmatically group the data using the group-by expressions. When using grouped data, you can even have grouping by two columns and at the same time use all sorting features of Telerik RadGrid (e.g. group by one/two column(s) and sort by another column). Groups can be expanded on the server, the client or in mixed mode providing you unlimited customization options.

Variety of Data editing modes - With RadGrid you can codelessly Insert/update/Delete data though auto-generated In-Place and Edit Forms editing. UserControls and Templates as Custom Edit Forms are also supported.

Rich Data editing controls - RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX allows you to codelessly edit data through the integrated RadEditor, RadDatePicker, RadInput and RadComboBox editors. With the help of these controls, you can manage various data entries - text, numerical, dates, etc. Depending on the column data type, a relevant Editor allows you to edit content in a friendly environment.

Command Row Item for Custom Functions - GridCommandItem can be used to add function buttons in the content area of the RadGrid, such as [Add New Record], [Refresh], [Delete Selected], etc.

Extensive Client-Side Functionality - RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX has a rich client-side API and comprehensive set of events guaranteeing full control over various functions performed on-the-fly client-side: expand/collapse, delete, resize, reorder, select, scroll (with option for static headers and static columns).In addition, RadGrid provides a set of interactive client behaviors for rich user experience:

• Area and Multi-row selection
• Column and Row resizing
• Drag and drop to reorder or group items

Filtering - RadGrid allows you to filter data by applying filter pattern on a per column basis (for all columns that support filtering GridBoundColumn, GridCheckBoxColumn, etc.) For each column RadGrid will create a filtering dropdown menu with the expressions applicable for the respective data type. The default filter boxes can be customized and replaced with other controls for richer user experience.

Multi-column Sorting - In addition to the simple one-column sorting Telerik RadGrid allows you to sort data by several columns just like in Microsoft Excel. Furthermore, you can define column sorted color for better user experience.

Extended functionality through integrated controls - All the controls included in the ASP.NET AJAX suite are now incorporated in a single assembly, which results in an extremely flexible architecture and unlimited customization capabilities. The controls from the ASP.NET AJAX suite can be easily integrated among each other, facilitating the development process. For example, RadSlider is now integrated in RadGrid for enhanced paging and scrolling experience. RadMenu is also embedded as a rich filtering menu.

AJAX - Through Integration with RadAjax and loading indicators RadGrid dramatically improves responsiveness, simulating a desktop-like behavior and minimizing the traffic to the server. AJAX-based virtual scrolling mode is provided for fast navigation in large data structures.

Exporting Data - With RadGrid you can easily export data to Microsoft Excel/Microsoft Word/CSV/PDF. The export functionality empowers you to customize the appearance of your exported document prior to exporting.

Scrolling with Static Headers and Frozen Columns - Besides scrolling with static headers, RadGrid also supports frozen columns. This feature allows you to freeze a pane in your Grid datasheet/document, such that the rest of the Grid scrolls and the frozen cells stay in place, thus bringing Excel-like functionality. It's very useful for very wide tables with many columns of data.

Search Engine Optimization - RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX completely follows the principles of Search Engine Optimization. When detecting search engines, RadGrid allows crawlers to follow and index the whole content page by page, thus improving data visibility. Furthermore, a search engine hit would take you directly to the particular grid page.

HTML5 and Accessibility standards compliancy - RadGrid is compliant with the HTML5 specification. The control satisfies the requirements of "Section 508" for software accessibility, as well as those of "Level A" (in accordance with the W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines 2.0). RadGrid also has full support for keyboard navigation.

Appearance - RadGrid is shipped with a rich set of skins that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Outlook, Material and Bootstrap themes etc. The skins can be easily switched using a single property. RadGrid also enables you to apply conditional formatting to grid elements for enhanced readability and usability of the displayed data.