JavaScript Map object

[Artur]

Hi,
Can we pass kendo-grid map object? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map
will the grid work with Map objects ?

[Dimiter Topalov]

Hello Artur,

The Kendo UI for Angular Grid is designed to display tabular data based on a collection (array) of objects with identical structures (properties). Each object (data item) property to be displayed in the Grid needs to be represented by a Grid column configuration with its field option bound to the respective object property name:

https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui-develop/components/grid/get-started/#toc-using-the-component

This is why the Grid can be bound to an array, object of type GridDataResult (when paging is enabled) that contains data and total properties, or an Observable of any of these two types:

https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui-develop/components/grid/data-binding/

To sum up - the Grid does not support binding to Map objects, but the Map or other custom data structure can be manipulated/adjusted beforehand so that the appropriate data item objects are extracted from it and an array or GridDataResult object containing the necessary data items is constructed.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Dimiter Topalov
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