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GXT : Cancel click event on grid header

I have a grid like this one . The default behavior of this widget is to sort the column when clicking on the header. I want to disable that, and leave only the options in the context menu. 

grid.addHeaderClickHandler(new HeaderClickHandler() {

    @Override
    public void onHeaderClick(HeaderClickEvent event) {
        event.getEvent().cancelBubble(true);
        event.getEvent().preventDefault();
        event.getEvent().stopPropagation();
        Window.alert("Event caught");
    }
});

The alert gets displayed before the sorting. But when clicking Ok the default behavior kicks in.

Do you have any suggestions on how to accomplish this?

Solution

  • Ok I found it grid.getView().setSortingEnabled(false);. This will disable the sorting when clicking on the header, but keep the menu items in place.