Kendo UI grid set selected row

[santhosh]

Hi,

 I have list of users (List<User>) binded to a grid. I have a currently logged in user information in ViewData[User]. 
What I want is if a grid contains a user which is in ViewData. I want that user to be selected as soon as grid loads data. How can I do this validation ? How can I get currently selected row ?

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<KendoGridAjaxBinding.Models.User>()
.Name("grid")
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource  
.Ajax() // Specify that ajax binding is used
.Read(read => read.Action("User_Read", "Home")) // Set the action method which will return the data in JSON format
)
.Columns(columns =>
{
 
columns.Bound(user=> user.UserID); 
columns.Bound(user=> user.UserName); 
columns.Bound(user=> user.City);;
})
.Pageable() // Enable paging
.Sortable() // Enable sorting
)

[Ignacio]

I would suggest you store a primitive (like Username) instead of the whole User object on your ViewBag.

If you do this it shouldnt be hard to:

• Store the Username on a javascript variable. (var name = "@ViewBag.Username";)
• Subscribe to the DataBound event on the grid.
• Use jQuery to find the row to select based on the data of a cell or a data attribute you add to it.
• Use the select method on the grid on that found row to select it.