Grid Toolbar with the Excel Export and Custom Dropdownlist

[Jon]

How do you add a DropDownlist to Grid Toolbar that is already showing the built in Excel toolbar button.

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<Reports.ReportRow>()
    .Name("grdReport")
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
        .Ajax()
        .Read(read => read
                .Action("AJAX", "Report")
                .Data("GetReportParms")
        )
    )
    .ToolBar(tools => {
        tools.Excel();
        tools.Template(@<text>
           <div class="toolbar">
                <label class="category-label" for="category">Version:</label>
                    @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
                        .Name("ddlField")
                        .DataTextField("Text")
                        .DataValueField("Value")
                        .AutoBind(true)
                        .Events(e => e.Change("fieldChange"))
                        .DataSource(ds =>
                        {
                            ds.Read("FieldType", "Common");
                        })
                    )
            </div>
        </text>);
    })

All the examples I can find show either a DropDownList in a Toolbar Template OR the built in Excel toolbar button.  I need both.

Thanks

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hello Jon,

The built in commands and the template cannot be used together in the configuration as the template will override them. The solution is to directly include the command mark up in the template. In the current case it would be

<a class="k-button k-button-icontext k-grid-excel" href="#"><span class="k-icon k-i-excel"></span>Export to Excel</a>

I wish you a great day!

Regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
Telerik