Hi:
The grid is just part of a detail form, and the data for the grid is in memory, so the postback from the cancel button is very bad.
Phil
<!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <title>Author Design - snippet</title> <style> body { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; color: navy; margin: 0; } #grid .k-grid-toolbar { padding: .6em 1.3em; } .add-label { vertical-align: middle; padding-right: .5em; } #existing { vertical-align: middle; } .toolbar { float: right; } </style> <link href="../../content/kendo/kendo.common-bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="../../content/kendo/kendo.blueopal.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="../../scripts/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script> <script src="../../scripts/kendo/kendo.all.js"></script></head><body> <script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="addTemplate"> <div class="toolbar"> <label class="add-label" for="existing">Add existing:</label> <input type="search" id="existing" style="width: 300px"/> </div> </script> <div style="width: 600px;"> <div id="AuthorsGrid"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> // // var aData = [{ Id: 1, Name: "Joe" }, { Id: 2, Name: "Jane" }]; $(document).ready(function () { // $('#AuthorsGrid').kendoGrid({ dataSource: aData, width: 400, toolbar: [{ name: 'create', text: " Add " }, { template: $("#addTemplate").html() }], columns: [ { field: 'Id', hidden: true }, { field: 'Name', title: 'Name', width: '350px' }, { command: 'destroy', title: ' ', width: 110 } ], editable: 'popup' }); // var AuthorGrid = $('#AuthorsGrid').data('kendoGrid'); // var authorData = [{ "Id": 11, "Name": "Andy Hunt" }, { "Id": 10, "Name": "Ben Albahari" }, { "Id": 4, "Name": "Bill Wagner" }, { "Id": 1, "Name": "Bob Martin" }, { "Id": 15, "Name": "Chad Fowler" }, { "Id": 12, "Name": "Dave Thomas" }, { "Id": 6, "Name": "Fabrice Marguerie" }, { "Id": 2, "Name": "James Newkirk" }, { "Id": 8, "Name": "Jim Wooley" }, { "Id": 3, "Name": "Jon Skeet" }, { "Id": 9, "Name": "Joseph Albahari" }, { "Id": 5, "Name": "Joseph Rattz Jr." }, { "Id": 16, "Name": "Julie Lerman" }, { "Id": 14, "Name": "Kent Beck" }, { "Id": 17, "Name": "Rowan Miller" }, { "Id": 7, "Name": "Steve Eichert" }, { "Id": 13, "Name": "Venkat Subramaniam" }]; $("#existing").kendoDropDownList({ dataTextField: "Name", dataValueField: "Id", dataSource: { data: authorData }, optionLabel: "Select an Author ...", change: function (e) { // handle selected event var dataId = this.select() - 1; if (dataId != -1) { var dataItem = this.dataSource.at(dataId); if (AuthorGrid.dataSource.get(dataItem.Id) === undefined) { // alert(dataItem.Name + ' (' + dataItem.Id + ')' + dataId); AuthorGrid.dataSource.add(dataItem); } } // e.preventDefault(); } }); }); </script></body></html>