Do more with drag drop

[Peter]

Hi,

I've implemented the drag/drop functionality as explained in this link. It's working as described. However, I would like to extend the functionality so that at the end of a drop I can renumber a column in my bound ObservableCollection and possibly save the updated order to the database.

The first way I thought to do this was to create an event handler on drop in the radgridview xaml. However, if I break-point the newly created handler in code-behind, it never enters it. I assume this is because it is handled in the RowReorderBehavior class. I'd like to keep the classes I copied from the above link as-is, so that I can use them for other RadGridView's, but be able to implement the additional functionality.

How can I do this? I'm aware adding another event handler may not be the best way to go about it so I'm open to other ideas. 

[Dimitrina]

Hello,

 In order to subscribe for an event that has been already handled, I would suggest you to add the handler like so:

this.gridView.AddHandler(RadDragAndDropManager.DropQueryEvent, new EventHandler<DragDropQueryEventArgs>(gridView_OnDropQuery), true);

Then you could do your additional logic. Please try this and let me know how it works for you.

Greetings,
Didie
the Telerik team

[Peter]

Didie,

Thanks for your response, it does indeed raise the event specified so that's a step in the right direction. However the DropQuery event is raised as soon as I drag the row, and subsequently for every movement. I'd like an event that is raised when the item is dropped or ideally after the grid reshuffle. I noticed a DropInfo event in the RadDragAndDropManager as well, but it does the same as DropQuery. Can you help me further?

[Nick]

Hello Peter,

You can use the DropInfo event and check whether the Drop Status is DropComplete.

Hope this helps! 

All the best,
Nik
the Telerik team

[Peter]

Yep that did it, thanks.