Put all rows into edit mode

[C]

I'm wondering if it is possible to put all rows into edit mode while doing batch editing. It obviously isn't built into the API, but maybe there is a way around this?

Specifically, I have a grid of 4 columns. Only 1 column is editable. That column happens to be a drop down list. I have been told that I need to display all of the records with that one column as editable drop downs. This makes sense in that it helps communicated to the user that this grid is batch editable. Otherwise it takes a little faith and exploration from the end user to understand that if they click in one of the cells they will be able to edit it.

I have tried providing a drop down list for both the 'template' and the 'editor' function. However, that caused some flickering and didn't seem to update the template after leaving edit mode.

Thoughts?

[Padmaja]

We are looking at doing something similar. Any luck?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 Kendo UI grid does not support the requested feature. It supports inline, popup and incell editing modes.

Greetings,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Padmaja]

Thanks for the quick reply,

We have tried a hack (inspired by some Telerik ASP.NET MVC post) in the DataBound event and had a little luck. Essentially the below script sets the second row in edit mode (eq(1)) but not the rest of rows. 

function OnGridDatabound(arg) {

    setTimeout(function () {

       var grid = $('#Grid').data('kendoGrid');

       grid.editRow($('#Grid tr:has(td):eq(1)'));               

       }, 0);

}

Any advise?

Thanks,
Padmaja

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello,

 As I said in my previous reply this is not supported. There are not possible workarounds without actually supporting that feature.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Rayne]

I understand that it's not possible.

My page has edit functionality like this: "ADD a code or EDIT the list" such that the words ADD and EDIT are links. When user clicks ADD, a form slides in just above the grid. If they click EDIT, it allows editing the grid.

So my idea is that I can set the grid to editable: false, then when EDIT is clicked, make the grid editable (or including other such needed options).  Will this work?

Also I want to use batch editing with inline command on each row to delete the row. Will making the grid not editable, hide the delete button for each row, or at least make it disabled?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Rayne,

Enabling the grid editing from code is not currently possible. Editing is enabled during initialization time only.

Making the grid not editable will not hide the delete button. You can however use some JavaScript to implement that (and the first requirement). Here is a live demo: http://jsbin.com/ojosul/1/edit

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Rayne]

Thank you.. That will work great for what I want to accomplish.

[Qamar]

Is this feature added to kendgrid? No roadmap too?

[Anthony]

For what it's worth I'm trying to figure out exactly the same thing.

I have a grid where a single column in the grid can be edited (via date picker), nothing can be deleted and typically only 10 rows. It would be useful to have a mode where the grid is permanently editable

[BOTTOLLIER]

Have a look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18304946/can-kendo-grid-be-always-in-edit-mode