DragDrop between GridView and child GridView in HierachyChildTemplate

[Peter]

Hi,

I am developing a control which contains a GridView. Some of the items can have sub items which are assigned to another GridView which is the HierarchyChildTemplate of the main GridView.
How can I implement a drag and drop functionality between the main GridView and the child GridView and vice versa.

 

Thanks.

 

Best regards

Peter

[Vladimir Stoyanov]

Hello Peter,

May I ask you to check out the Reorder Rows and the Tree To Grid Drag RadGridView examples from our demos. Please, note that we do not have an example demonstrating drag&drop between a child and parent grid, however I will try to explain how you can achieve that.

Basically the scenario with hierarchical grids is a hybrid one, between the reorder logic and a drag between controls logic. Overall the idea and main difference between the two actions is that when you drag on the same level, you modify one collection. Remove the item from it and insert it in the correct index location. When dragging on different levels, you have to remove the item from the source grid and insert it in the correct index in the target grid. 

In order to distinguish between the parent and child grid, you can use the Drop and DragOver events to obtain the target GridViewRow:

var row = e.OriginalSource as GridViewRow ?? (e.OriginalSource as FrameworkElement).ParentOfType<GridViewRow>();

You can then use the GridViewDataControl property of the row to determine the RadGridView that it belongs to. 

I hope you find this helpful. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. 

Regards,
Vladimir Stoyanov
Progress Telerik