Get Filter Textbox from JavaScript

[Corina]

Hi

I have a radgrid that has a GridBoundColumn with the ability to be searched. I want to include a list of links outside the grid that provides an alphabet for the user to search by.

This alphabet would be the equivalent to typing 'A' (for example) into the search box and clicking 'Starts With'. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the best approach for this would be to somehow use javascript to simulate this action.

When the user clicks the 'A' link I want to find the search textbox and put an 'A' in it and do filterButton.click(). However, I cannot find the search button in the grid because it doesn't exist in the page. It gives me an error that it can't find the textbox I'm searching for.

Any suggestions welcome

Thanks

[Antonio Stoilkov]

Hello Corina,

I have assembled a sample project demonstrating the desired functionality. The code below calls a filter function on the RadGrid and is the solution which you are searching for.

function alhabetClick(value) {
    var masterTable = $find("<%= RadGrid1.ClientID %>").get_masterTableView();
    masterTable.filter("Name", value, Telerik.Web.UI.GridFilterFunction.StartsWith, true);
}

All the best,
Antonio Stoilkov
the Telerik team

[Corina]

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.