MVC 3 Webgrid - how do you hide columns you do not want to be visible?

Question

I have a webgrid and there is a column I want to be visible only to certain users. Currently I have coded the grid as follows

if (Context.User.IsInRole(Role.         


        

Answer 1

Try like this (untested, don't have access to VS at the moment):

@{
    var gridColumns = new List();
    gridColumns.Add(grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("Select", "Details", new { contractId = item.ContractId })));
    if (Context.User.IsInRole(Role.Inputter) || Context.User.IsInRole(Role.Administrator))
    {
        gridColumns.Add(grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { contractId = item.ContractId })));
    }
    gridColumns.Add(grid.Column("SignOffDate", "Sign Off Date", format: @ @item.SignOffDate.ToString("d/M/yyyy")));
    gridColumns.Add(grid.Column("FullContractNumber", "Contract Number"));
    gridColumns.Add(grid.Column("ContractTitle", "Title"));
}

@grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(gridColumns.ToArray()));