Define grid in MVC controller

[David]

Is it possible to define the grid attributes/properties in the MVC controller rather than the view to simplify the view at all?  I am currently evaluating Kendo before deciding whether or not to migrate from Infragistics IgniteUI.  

Infragistics IgniteUI igGrid allows you to define a GridModel (their object type) instance in your controller and pass it to the View which allows a much simpler bit of syntax in the view similar to:

Controller code:

    Public Function IGGridModel() As Infragistics.Web.Mvc.GridModel

        Dim grdModel As GridModel = New Infragistics.Web.Mvc.GridModel.GridModel()

        With grdModel
             . ID = ....

            .columns ....

             etc, etc

         End With

         Return grdModel

    End Function

 

View Code:

   <div ....  whatever>

        @Html.Infragistics().Grid(Model.IGGridModel)
  </div>

 

 

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello David,

The Kendo UI framework has the similar approach. It is described here:

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/aspnet-mvc/helpers/grid/overview

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik

[David]

Thanks for taking the time to reply Kiril, but your link does not address my question.  It merely differentiates between kendo controls being data bound on the server vs being data-bound on the client (via ajax).  I was more interested in having a wrapper class for a kendo control which could be instantiated in the controller or model and just passed to the razor engine with one line.

Not a major issue, just nice to have.

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello David,

You can submit this as a feature request on UserVoice, so that it is considered for implementation in a future release.

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik