[Solved] GridEditMode.PopUp - how much can you control edit?

[Colin]

Hi,

Saw the new popup feature which I think looks very nice. I was wondering:

How can you control what fields are shown in the popup? I have a class and every property is shown even it is not bound to the grid
Can you define your own complete edit template i.e. almost like an edit view rather than let the grid determine it? Or in fact just specify a view to popup and pass it the model to?

One reason I ask is I would very much like to use the new Editor control for some textbox inputs and the popup edit mode would be ideal for this.

Thanks
Colin

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Colin,

I suggest you check the grid editing configuration help topic. You can customize the template generated for the edit form by defining a template for your object. A good tutorial can be found in this blog post.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Colin]

Those links are excellent especially the 2nd one thanks.

I have struggled with complex types and the grids especially where a property of the parent class has a list of the child class. I am hopeful this will help me solve this.

I noticed also that the data passed from a grid is now a set of values and not the form collection in the latest version. As I had a grid like:

.Columns(columns =>
{
    Action<int> addValueColumn =
        (i) => { columns.Bound(u => u.BIRPs[i].Value).ClientTemplate("<#= BIRPs[" + i + "].Value #>").Width(140).Title("Recovery Phase " + (i + 1).ToString()).Filterable(false); };
    columns.Bound(u => u.CriticalProcessName).Width(140).ReadOnly(true);
    columns.Bound(u => u.LocationName).Width(140).ReadOnly(true);
    for (int i = 0; i < Model.FirstOrDefault().BIRPs.Count; i++)
    {
        addValueColumn(i);
    }

    columns.Bound(u => u.DailyLossId).ClientTemplate("<#= DailyLossValue #>").Width(90).Filterable(false);
    columns.Bound(u => u.Comments).Width(120).Filterable(false);
    columns.Bound(u => u.CriticalEvents).Width(120).Filterable(false);
    columns.Bound(u => u.MTPOD).Width(70).Filterable(false);
    columns.Bound(u => u.RTO).Width(70).Filterable(false);
    columns.Command(commands =>
    {
        commands.Edit();
        //commands.Delete();
    }).Width(180).Title("Commands");
    columns.Bound(u => u.ImpactAreaId).ClientTemplate("<#= ImpactAreaName #>").Hidden(true);
})

my controller accepted a FormCollection. Previously this would get each column added in the loop as an item in the form collection but now I only get the first item. I intercepted the onSave event and notice it looked like the value property was sent to the controller and not the formItems. Is this true?

What is the best way to handle something like above? I suspect a popup form with a template is a better option for editing?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Colin,

I am not sure I understand what the problem is. Popup and inline modes should operate in the same way when it comes to posting data. I suggest you send a sample project showing the problem at hand.

Kind regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team