Hyperlink not showing in grid column

[Brad]

I have wired up a simple grid with some bound columns and one of those columns I'm trying to create a hyperlink.  Here is my code:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model.CareAlerts)
    .Name("Alerts")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.AlertDate).Title("Date").Format("{0:d}");
        columns.Bound(p => p.PatientName).Template(@<text>
            @Html.ActionLink(@item.PatientName, "Member", new { id = @item.PatientASID })
        </text>);
        columns.Bound(p => p.AlertSummary).Title("Message");
    })
                                        .Sortable()
                                        .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
                                                .Ajax()
                                                .PageSize(20)
                                                .ServerOperation(false)
                                             )
            )

The second column is the column where I'm attempting to show the hyperlink.  Now, when I render the page, I can see the hyperlink for a split second before it disappears and I just see the text is supposed to be included in the link, but it is not linked after that.

Now, here's the funny thing:  If I remove the reference to kendo.aspnetmvc.min.js in my BundleConfig.cs file, the hyperlinks show up just fine, however, I get a "Script not included" error if I do this.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Brad,


The reason for the problem is that the current Grid is using an Ajax dataSource i.e. the data is bound on the client side. This means that client templates should be used instead of server ones. You could check the following documentation page for further details.
E.g.

columns.Bound(p => p.ProductID).ClientTemplate(
    "<a href='" +
        Url.Action("ProductDetails", "Product") +
        "/#= ProductID #'" +
    ">Show Product Details</a>"
);

Regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
Telerik

 

 

[Brad]

Dimiter,

Thanks for the response.  I was not meaning to use ajax and was merely following an example in the documentation when I set this up.  After reading your response, I was able to fix the problem by removing the following lines of code:

.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
          .Ajax()
          .PageSize(20)
          .ServerOperation(false)
)

After removing this, everything seems to work fine.

Thanks,

Brad

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Brad,


You are correct, if an Ajax DataSource is not required, this is the correct way to resolve the problem.

Regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
Telerik

 

 

[krishna]

Hi Dimiter ! How do i do it if i dont want hardcoding for "Show Product Details" part ?  I need to display the corresponding ProductID itself as the hyperlink for every new row!

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hello Gopikrishna,

In this case you could add another binding expression inside the template.
E.g.

columns.Bound(p => p.ProductID).ClientTemplate(
    "<a href='" +
        Url.Action("ProductDetails", "Product") +
        "/#= ProductID #'" +
    ">#= ProductID #</a>"
);

Regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
Telerik