GridView + ComboBox (+ Enum)

[Monika Kogler]

Hi,

I use the RadGridView and I want to have 2 GridViewComboBoxColumn in there. But there are a lot of problem:
1. The Comboboxes should always be visible, but they are only visible if the user double-clicks in the cell. Therefore, I tried to put a normal Combobox in the DataTemplate of the Cell-Template but then
2. Databinding is not working any more. And
3. Databinding with Enums is not working at all. If I bind my enum to the normal GridViewComboBoxColumn the data is showing up wenn the user double clicks, but then it is not possible to select any other cell in the grid and everything stood still.
4. How can I preselect the current dataitem value in the combobox? The initial value of all comboboxes is always empty ....
Please help!

That's my code:
XAML:
<telerik:RadGridView x:Name="grid" Grid.Column="2" Grid.RowSpan="15" AutoGenerateColumns="False" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
            <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
                <telerik:GridViewDataColumn Header="Plate Id" DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}">            
                <telerik:GridViewComboBoxColumn Header="Dilution Factor" DataMemberBinding="{Binding DilutionFactorId, Mode = TwoWay}" ItemsSource="{Binding}" DisplayMemberPath="Name" SelectedValueMemberPath="Id" UniqueName="colDilFactor">
                    <!--<telerik:GridViewComboBoxColumn.CellTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
                            <StackPanel>
                                <ComboBox x:Name="internalCboFactor" ItemsSource="{Binding}" SelectedValue="{Binding DilutionFactorId}"></ComboBox>                               
                            </StackPanel>
                        </DataTemplate>
                    </telerik:GridViewComboBoxColumn.CellTemplate>-->
                </telerik:GridViewComboBoxColumn>
                <telerik:GridViewComboBoxColumn Header="State" DataMemberBinding="{Binding State}" ItemsSource="{Binding}" UniqueName="colState">
            </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        </telerik:RadGridView>

C#
((GridViewComboBoxColumn)grid.Columns["colState"]).ItemsSource = Enum.GetNames(typeof(PlateStateEnum));
 ((GridViewComboBoxColumn)grid.Columns["colDilFactor"]).ItemsSource =                     _handler.GetProvider().LoadDilutionFactors(typeId);

                //ComboBox cboFactor = grid.Columns["colDilFactor"].FindName("internalCboFactor") as ComboBox;
                //if(cboFactor != null)
                //    cboFactor.ItemsSource = _handler.GetProvider().LoadDilutionFactors(typeId);

            }

Thx in advance!

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hi Monika Kogler,

 I have prepared a small sample application for you .
It demonstrates an always visible ComboBox in a cell (placed  via CellTemplate) . The combo is pre-populated with the underlying value as required.

Let me know if you have any troubles adapting this to your project.

Regards,
Pavel Pavlov
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[Monika Kogler]

Hi,
thanks for the example. Actually, I need several ComboBoxes in 1 Grid, and so gridview.itemsource = itemsource won't work for me. So how can I bind the Itemsource of each Combobox individually? I have tried to access each GridViewColumn via (GridViewDataColumn)gridPlates.Columns["uniqueColName"] but GridViewDataColumn does not have an Itemsource ... So how can I do it?
And: Is there no easier way to bind an enum? Need I really all these wrapper?
Thx in advance

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Monika Kogler,

The modified example attached demonstrates the same approach but with two columns with different itemssources . The same way you can set as  many columns  as you need. 

Regards,

Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team

 

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[Tony Mocella]

Thank you for posting this - it solves the exact problem I was having with ComboBox columns in the GridView.