How select first row of a grid with also the event od selected row

[RRE]

I would like to select and fire the event of the first row of a grid on loading time, server side.

How to select a row is easy 

RagGrid1.Items[0].Selected = true;

but this doesn't fire the event

OnItemCommand="..."

 

any idea ?

thanks

Renato

[Attila Antal]

Hi Renato,

The ItemCommand is an event that is triggered only when the user interacts with it. Only setting a row's Selected property, will not trigger the event. You can, however, programmatically invoke the ItemCommand.

• Items are not available at page load, so selecting them can be done by adding the item index to the selected index collection.
• Accessing the item to trigger a command event, can be done in the PreRender event.
• Capturing the triggered command can be done in the ItemCommand event.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        // Select an item by adding the itemindex to the SelectedIndexes collection in the PageLoad
        RadGrid1.SelectedIndexes.Add(new int[] { 0 });
    }
}

protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        // access the first item (NOT available in Page Load, that is why using the PreRender)
        GridItem firstItem = RadGrid1.Items[0];
        // trigger a Custom Command event with params
        firstItem.FireCommandEvent("MyCustomCommand", "SomeArgumentsHere");
    }
}

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object sender, GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.CommandName == "MyCustomCommand")
    {
        string arguments = e.CommandArgument.ToString(); //returns: SomeArgumentsHere
    }
}

 

For more details, please refer to the following articles:

• How to Fire Command Events
• ItemCommand Event
• SelectedIndexes

 

Regards,
Attila Antal
Progress Telerik

[RRE]

Thank you, Attila,

very interesting!

Renato