Hi,
If you want an empty text to be wrapped in a <div> with "x-grid-empty" CSS class (it will allow to easily stylize it), then yes, you should set up EmptyText for GridPanel.
Example
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Ext.Net" Namespace="Ext.Net" TagPrefix="ext" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Ext.NET v2 Example</title>
<style type="text/css">
.my-grid .x-grid-empty {
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
<ext:GridPanel
runat="server"
Height="100"
Cls="my-grid"
EmptyText="EmptyText">
<Store>
<ext:Store runat="server">
<Model>
<ext:Model runat="server">
<Fields>
<ext:ModelField Name="test" />
</Fields>
</ext:Model>
</Model>
</ext:Store>
</Store>
<ColumnModel runat="server">
<Columns>
<ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test" DataIndex="test" />
</Columns>
</ColumnModel>
<View>
<ext:GridView runat="server" DeferEmptyText="false" />
</View>
</ext:GridPanel>
</body>
</html>
Setting up EmptyText for GridView shows that EmptyText, but it's not stylized.
Example
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Ext.Net" Namespace="Ext.Net" TagPrefix="ext" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Ext.NET v2 Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<ext:ResourceManager runat="server" />
<ext:GridPanel runat="server" Height="100" >
<Store>
<ext:Store runat="server">
<Model>
<ext:Model runat="server">
<Fields>
<ext:ModelField Name="test" />
</Fields>
</ext:Model>
</Model>
</ext:Store>
</Store>
<ColumnModel runat="server">
<Columns>
<ext:Column runat="server" Text="Test" DataIndex="test" />
</Columns>
</ColumnModel>
<View>
<ext:GridView runat="server" EmptyText="EmptyText" DeferEmptyText="false" />
</View>
</ext:GridPanel>
</body>
</html>
