[Solved] GetElementAtPoint for DragDropEvent

[Technik]

Hi,

I am trying to get the correct row from my grid for the Event RadGridView1.DragDrop.

In http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-baegte.aspx#410155 you advised to use the GetElementAtPoint method, which is exactly what I need. Has this been removed in Q1_2008 ? Whats the correct way to get a Row by mousecoordinates?

My code looks like this

    Private Sub RadGridView1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles RadGridView1.DragDrop
        If e.Data.GetDataPresent(GetType(Resource)) Then
            Dim draggedResource As Resource = CType(e.Data.GetData(GetType(Resource)), Resource)
            ' GetElementAtPoint does not exist
            ' Dim target As RadElement = RadGridView1.GetElementAtPoint(New System.Drawing.Point(e.X, e.Y))
        End If
    End Sub

[Jack]

Hello Falk,

Thank you for getting back to us.

In our latest release of RadControls for WinForms we have redesigned and extended some parts of the Telerik Presentation Framework. The GetElementAtPoint method still exists, but it has been moved to the ElementTree property.

Replace your code with the one below:

Private Sub RadGridView1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles RadGridView1.DragDrop
    If e.Data.GetDataPresent(GetType(Resource)) Then
        Dim draggedResource As Resource = CType(e.Data.GetData(GetType(Resource)), Resource)
        Dim target As RadElement = RadGridView1.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(New System.Drawing.Point(e.X, e.Y))
    End If
End Sub

I hope this helps. Find more about the changes in our latest release here.

Do not hesitate to write me, if you have other questions.

Kind regards,
Jack
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[Technik]

Hello Jack,

thanks for your reply.

I still don't see how I can get the row the item was dropped on.
The ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint returns (in my case) a GridTableBodyElement, which doesn't help me, I think. I need a GridViewDataRowInfo (more precisely, the DataBoundItem of that row).

Can you tell me how to do that?

regards

[Jack]

Hi Falk,

Thank you for the response.

The GetElementAtPoint method returns the instance of RadElement, which is topmost at the given coordinates. If this is a GridTableBodyElement, then there is no row element at these coordinates. In most cases, the element under the mouse will be a GridCellElement. You can get the GridRowElement that owns this cell by using the RowElement property of the cell.

Consider that the DragDrop event returns screen coordinates. You should convert them to client coordinates for the specified control.

Take a look a the following code snippet:

Private Sub RadGridView1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles RadGridView1.DragDrop
    If e.Data.GetDataPresent(GetType(Resource)) Then
        Dim draggedResource As Resource = CType(e.Data.GetData(GetType(Resource)), Resource)
        Dim point As Point = RadGridView1.PointToClient(New Point(e.X, e.Y))
        Dim element As RadElement = RadGridView1.ElementTree.GetElementAtPoint(point)
        Dim cell As GridCellElement = TryCast(element, GridCellElement)
        Dim row As GridRowElement = Nothing
        If cell IsNot Nothing Then
            row = cell.RowElement
        Else
            row = TryCast(element, GridRowElement)
        End If
    End If
End Sub

I hope this helps. Let me know, if you need further assistance.

Greetings,

Jack
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