SearchGridViewPartial.cshtml

@Html.DevExpress().GridView(gv=>{
    gv.Name = "SearchGridView";
    gv.CallbackRouteValues = new { Controller = "Pages", Action = "SearchGridViewPartial" };
    gv.Width = Unit.Percentage(100);
    gv.Styles.Cell.BorderBottom.BorderWidth = 0;

    gv.KeyFieldName = "Id";
    gv.Columns.Add(c => {
        c.FieldName = "Id";
        c.Caption = "Subject";
        c.ColumnType = MVCxGridViewColumnType.HyperLink;
        var properties = c.PropertiesEdit as HyperLinkProperties;
        string urlFormatString = Url.Action("BlogPost", "Pages", new { id = "{0}" });
        properties.NavigateUrlFormatString = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(urlFormatString);
        properties.TextField = "Subject";
        c.CellStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left;
    });
    gv.PreviewFieldName = "Body";

    gv.PreRender = (sender, e) => {
        var gridView = (MVCxGridView)sender;
        var query = ViewBag.Query;
        if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(query))
            gridView.SearchPanelFilter = query;
    };
    
    gv.Settings.ShowPreview = true;
    gv.Settings.ShowColumnHeaders = false;
    gv.SettingsSearchPanel.Visible = true;
    gv.SettingsSearchPanel.SearchInPreview = true;
    gv.SettingsBehavior.MaxPreviewTextLength = 250;
    gv.SettingsPager.PageSize = 5;
    gv.SettingsPager.EnableAdaptivity = true;
    gv.SettingsText.EmptyDataRow = "Nothing matches the specified criteria";
}).Bind(Model).GetHtml()