GridViewComboBoxColumn supports selectionevent?

[Jin Hyeok Kim]

Hello!

I am having some problems with the GridViewComboBoxColumn .

GridViewComboBoxColumn supports selectionevent? Cannot seek change event.
 I am necessary, change event.
There is what kind of method?

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hi Jin Hyeok Kim,

As I have told you in the e-mail , unfortunately the RadGridView does not support SelectionChangedEvent for the ComboBox column.  However I found a good workaround.
Cells can be easily templated and a user control with a ComboBox within can be placed there. In the code-behind of your user control you may handle selection changed events. Note that this approach does not use the built-in ComboBox column. Let me know if that fits your scenario. also if you need I may prepare for you a sample application, demonstrating this approach.

Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
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[Erez]

Hello,

Could you please provide an example ?

Thanks,

Erez

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hi Erez,

Please find the example attached.

Sincerely yours,
Pavel Pavlov
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[Erez]

Hello,

Thank you for the sample project.
It was very helpful.

A couple of questions:

1) A possible bug in the oCombo.SelectionBoxItem.
There seems to be a bug in the "oCombo.SelectionBoxItem".
If I select a value from the combo, the SelectionBoxItem still point to the previous
selected object. In contrast, "oCombo.SelectedIndex" point to the index of the right one.

Is this a bug or a by design feature ?

2) Finding the row of the combo.
My grid itemssource uses a DataView.
When the selected event fires, how can I find the row (telerik row\dataview row) in which the combo resides ?
I have tried using DataContext, however when connected to a DataView, the object it points
to is "Telerik.Windows.Controls.ComboBoxEditorSettings" and not the DataView or DataRowView.

Thanks,

Erez

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Erez,

On point (1) : This behavior is by design. the Selection changed event fires before the SelectionBoxItem has updated.  So if you need to read the newly selected object, i would recommend to use the SelectedItem property instead ( as demonstrated in the code block below) .

On point (2)
The code block below demonstrates a way to extract the relevant row and data within the SelectionChanged event . It also demonstrates how to read the newly selected item in the combo /form point (1)/

Please replace the following handler in the sample project I sent you in my previous reply:

private void ComboBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            GridViewRow parentRow = ((UIElement) sender).ParentOfType<GridViewRow>();
            object data;
            if (parentRow != null)
            {
                data = parentRow.DataContext;
                Country selectedCountry = ((RadComboBox) sender).SelectedItem as Country;
                Debug.WriteLine( "Selected country was: " + selectedCountry.Name);
            }
        }

Sincerely yours,

Pavel Pavlov
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[Erez]

Thanks allot !

There is a related issue that troubles me and using the info you supplied I came up with a solution.

The issue is that selecting a value from a grid combo box does not commit it.

This causes a problem if I press on a button that performs a save operation, because

the datatable does not reflect the change.

The solution I found was to find the cell and do "CommitEdit" myself.

There is only one problem- when I do so, the combo box arrow disappears.

Any helpful tips ?

code:
private void ComboBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)

{

 

   GridViewCell parentCell = ((UIElement)sender).ParentOfType<GridViewCell>();

   if (parentCell != null)

   {

      parentCell.CommitEdit();

   }
}

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Erez,

Here are some tips I hope would be helpful.

First -what happens actually is : When you call CommitEdit , the Editor ( ComboBox) hides and the cell reverts from edit mode to its initial  "display" mode , which means  it uses a TextBlock  instead. Thats why the arrow disappears.

I may suggest to try setting the GridViewCell.Value property. Implementing INotifyPropertyChanged on your business object (Person in our example) may also be helpful.

Greetings,

Pavel Pavlov
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[Erez]

I appreciate the tips

Not sure that the "GridViewCell.Value" will do the trick, however INotifyPropertyChanged is already implemented
by DataView (DataRowView to be exact).

Can I mimic by anyway the textbox\combo box logic-
is there any way to simulate a click on the cell to make the combo box appear ?

Thanks,

Erez

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Erez,

You may open a support ticket and send me your project attached . I 'll gladly modify it to gain the desired behavior.

Kind regards,
Pavel Pavlov
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