Custom Edit

[David]

Custom Edit issue with Child Object.
I have a grid with a Custom Editor. The object that I want to edit has a child object.
When I select update in the editor it updates both objects.
If I select edit again on the same object it brings up the editor in the current state as expected.
This time when I select update in the controller it shows the data for the child object in the original state.

What I am looking for at this point is an example of using the grid and update that actually updates a child object.
I've see lots of examples that update the parent object, of display a child detail but nothing that actually updates both the parent and child.
Do I need to create a separate update on the child inside of my Custom Editor?

[Vladimir Iliev]

HI David,

Basically to update complex field from the model you should use the following approach:

• Grid: Editing Custom Editor (C# / Razor code is available below the demo)

In the above example the DropDownList will set selected object from it's DataSource to the related Grid property - that way all of the fields in the nested object will be updated. 

Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik

[David]

The link is to the standard inline editor.
I need to use a custom PopUp Editor. Not all of the fields that I need in the editor are to be displayed in the Grid.
Any suggestions of sample code for that?

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi David,

Basically you can modify that example to use PopUp editing by defining custom PopUp editor template and moving the "ClientCategory" view code inside it. For convenience I also created a stand-alone example which achieves the desired behavior and attached it to the current thread. 

Kind Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik