MVC Grid drop-down list column

[Jeff]

Greetings,

I would like to place a drop-down list in a column of the MVC grid and allow the user to modify the drop-down list value on multiple rows prior to submitting the form. After the form is submitted I need to retrieve all the drop-down values in the controller. Each drop-down would need to have a distinct name so I can determine which row it came from. Is this even possible? If so, how would I represent the drop-down values in the model?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 Jeff

[Love]

Did you figure out how to implement this? I am in the same boat and I can't find the solution. Pls help.

[GURARPAN]

Please let me know if you find solution to the described problem.

Any help would be appreciated .

Thanks.
Gurarpan

[Troy]

I am also trying to figure this out. I've found a dozen or so questions like this across this site and more on others, and so I know this is a common problem. Yet, somehow, none of those questions, including this one, have answers to them. I'm not sure what that means, but I'm hoping it doesn't mean that it is impossible to do.

If you have worked this out, and wouldn't mind sharing, that would be awesome.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi ,

There is a code library project which shows how to integrate a combobox with grid in cell editing mode (which allows to edit more than one row and then submit the changes). You can check that project for a reference.

Kind regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Nate]

Can somebody provide a simple code sample that creates a drop down list for a column. I looked at the sample project in this thread, and I see the drop down list in the control (ascx), but I don't see, or don't recognize, how it is tied to the grid. Also, I can't run the project, it is having some errors...

Thanks,

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Nate,

 What errors are you getting? The project requires ASP.NET MVC 3 and builds and runs ok at my side. The combobox is tied in the grid by means of ASP.NET MVC editor templates:

[UIHint("Employee"), Required]
public EditableEmployee Employee { get; set; }

The UIHint attribute tells ASP.NET MVC to use the partial view called Employee.cshtml as the editor of the Employee property. You can find more info about ASP.NET MVC templates in this excellent blog post.

You can also check this code library which is for inline editing.

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team