Kendo grid resizable column width - kendo-ui

Question

The grid columns may be resizable. I want to store user-adjusted columns width and restore them when the next session starts.
The best way to store columns width I've found is the following:
var element = $('#grid').kendoGrid({
...
resizable: true,
columnResize: function(e) {
var state = {};
this.columns.every(function(c,i) {
state[c.field] = c.width;
return true;
});
var state_txt = JSON.stringify(state);
localStorage['profile_userprofile_grid_column_width'] = state_txt;
}
}
Now I want to restore column width saved in the previous user session. I can read columns width from the storage:
var state = JSON.parse(localStorage['profile_userprofile_grid_column_width']);
Does somebody know some elegant way to apply these values back to the grid if it is already created at this time? The resize handle does it internally, so it is possible, but the code doing it in the grid source is ugly.

Answer 1

You can trigger the columnResize event post initilisation as shown below
function grid_columnResize(e) {
// Put your code in here
console.log(e.column.field, e.newWidth, e.oldWidth);
}
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
columns: [
{ field: "name" },
{ field: "age" }
],
dataSource: [
{ name: "Jane Doe", age: 30 },
{ name: "John Doe", age: 33 }
],
resizable: true
});
var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
grid.bind("columnResize", grid_columnResize);
Documentation

Answer 2

This is an old question, but here is what we have. Function handles column widths and groups.
var _updateResultsGridColumns = function(columns, groups) {
var kendoGrid = $resultsGrid.data("kendoGrid");
if (kendoGrid) {
kendoGrid.setOptions({
columns: columns,
});
var dataSource = kendoGrid.dataSource;
dataSource.group(groups);
kendoGrid.setDataSource(dataSource);
}
}