Nested grids, toolbars and partial views

[Justis]

Greetings,

The project I am currently working on requires a grid where each row contains a detailview that contains another grid. The nested grid must contain a toolbar that renders a partial view containing a data input form. Preferably, using the built-in insert command should be avoided due to the project's specifications. When I insert string text into the toolbar's template, it renders in the correct location; however, when using Html.RenderPartial in the template it renders above both grids instead of expected location.

@{Html.Telerik().Grid<ObjectType>()

    .Name("Grid")

    .DataBinding(bind => bind.Ajax().Select("_GetMembers", "Controller"))

    .Columns(col =>

    {

        col.Bound(o => o.MemberID);

        col.Bound(o => o.Member);
    })

    .DetailView(detail => detail.ClientTemplate(

        Html.Telerik().Grid<ObjectType2>()

            .Name("DetailGrid_<#= MemberID #>")

            .DataKeys(keys => keys.Add(o => o.Member2ID))

            .ToolBar(tool => tool.Template(() => Html.RenderPartial("Detail_Grid_Toolbar")))

            .DataBinding(bind => bind.Ajax()

                .Select("_GetDetails", "Controller", new { id2 = "<#= MemberID #>" })

                .Delete("_DeleteDetails", "Controller")

            )

            .Columns(col =>

            {

                col.Bound(o => o.Member2ID);

                col.Bound(o => o.Member2);
            })

            .ToHtmlString()

    ))

    .Render();

}

Is there a way to make this work? I have some doubts since my experiences with Html.RenderPartial and AJAX-bound nested grids hasn't yielded very many positive results, but I feel like I am missing something that should be fairly straight-forward.

Any advice and/or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
J

[Daniel]

Hi,

You can use the Html.Partial helper in a text tag for the template in order to render the partial view in the toolbar and not directly into the view e.g.

.ToolBar(tool => tool.Template(@<text> @Html.Partial("Detail_Grid_Toolbar")</text> ))

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team