PopUp Editing - custom PopUp-Window (not EditorTemplate!)

[BigzampanoXXl]

Hello,

I'm trying to make a grid with PopUp-Mode. Now I need a customized content for the editing-window. I know it is possible to define a "TemplateName" which directs to an EditorTemplate. But in this case I'm not allowed to use an EditorTemplate for different reasons.

I saw in other posts (eg: http://www.kendoui.com/forums/ui/grid/custom-popup-editor-with-additional-fields.aspx#MtaYNNFFv0aHX5-drisScg ) where the Grid was not initialized by the MVC-wrapper, that it is possible to define a template which uses a script (type="text/x-kendo-template") like the following:

<script id="gridEditTemplate" type="text/x-kendo-template">
    Content here
</script>

So in my case I also want to use this kind of template for the editing-window.

Here is my Code of the Grid:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model.Amounts)
    .Name("MyGrid")
    .BindTo(Model.Amounts)
    .ToolBar(commands => commands.Create().Text("add"))
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
        .Ajax()
        .Events(ev => ev.Change("onChange"))
        .Update("Update", "Special")
        .Destroy("Delete", "Special")
        .Create("Insert", "Special")
    .Model(model =>
    {
        model.Id(p => p.ID);
        model.Field(p => p.Amount);
        model.Field(p => p.Type);
    }).ServerOperation(false))
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.Amount).Title("Amount");
        columns.Bound(p => p.Type).Title("Type).Width(70);
        columns.Command(command => { command.Edit(); command.Destroy(); }).Width(160);
    })
    .Editable(editable => editable.Mode(GridEditMode.PopUp).CreateAt(GridInsertRowPosition.Bottom).Window(w => w.Title("Amounts: ")))
)

So what can I do to use a specific template-script? I can't use an EditorTemplate.

Thank you!

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi,

 If you want to use a script for an editor template you need to use the JavaScript version of the Kendo UI Grid. For the ASP.NET MVC wrapper you should use and editor template.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
Telerik

[BigzampanoXXl]

Hi Atanas and thank you for your reply,

well, thats a little bit disappointing if something which is available in the javascript-version can't be set by the MVC wrapper. But actually the rendered grid should be the same right? So at least there has to be a way to set the called Template manually (e.g. in the document ready) to such a script-area right? Can you say me how this is possible?

Thanks

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Dietmar,

 Yes, this is a possible workaround. Something like this would work:

$(function() {
        var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
        grid.options.editable.template = "<input data-bind='value:ProductName' />"; // new editor template
 });

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
Telerik

[BigzampanoXXl]

Thanks Atanas, that worked very well.

But unfortunately we can't use it as we liked to. The text/x-kendo-template can't get rendered as soon as we have an EditorFor in it. TextBoxFor and all the other controls seem to work. EditorFor not. So we switched to our own implementation of a popup, rebinding everything with javascript. Not the best solution but better than no solution :)

Thanks again