Pass Value to Template w/o Datasource

[Ashleigh L]

I've got a function that creates a datasource and populates a template. I'm passing a value ("group_by") into this function that controls part of how the template displays, but I'm unsure how to use it from within the template, since it doesn't exist in the datasource.

Function:

function generateTileView(group_by) {
    var template_html = $('#tile_template').html();

    var template = kendo.template(template_html, {useWithBlock:false});

    var datasource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
        transport: {
            read: {
                url: "/Controllers/MainController.cfc?method=getItems",
                type: "get",
                dataType: "json"
            }
        },
        schema : {
            type: "json",
            data: "Items"
        }
    });

    datasource.bind("change", function() {
        var view = datasource.view();
        var html = kendo.render(template, view);
    });

    datasource.read();
}

What I'd like to do in the template:

<script id="tile_template" type="text/x-kendo-template">
    # if (group_by == 1) { #
    <div class="list-items-group-content-area ui-layout-west k-widget k-listview">
        <div class="list-items-content-area-heading padding k-block">
            <h2>Group Header</h2>
        </div>
    # } #
    .....
    rest of template
</script>

[Rosen]

Hello shimmoril,

In order to use the group_by as shown in the template declaration you could wrap the generated template in a function and extend the data passed in with the field you want:

var template = kendo.template(template_html/*, {useWithBlock:false}*/);

var datasource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
       /*...*/
});

datasource.bind("change", function() {
  var view = datasource.view();

  var html = kendo.render(function(data) {
    return template($.extend(data, { group_by: group_by }));
  }, view);
});

Note that in order to access the value as in the pasted template declaration, the template should be complied with useWithBlock: true option. Otherwise, you will need to prefix the usage with data (i.e. data.group_id).

Regards,
Rosen
Telerik

 

 

[Ashleigh L]

Works perfectly, thanks Rosen.