RebindGrid command and selection

[JP]

Hi,

I'm using a RadGrid with a GridClientSelectColumn.
If I call server-side the Grid.Rebind() method, I can preserve the selected items:

var selectedItems = Grid.MasterTableView.GetSelectedItems()
               .Select(item => int.Parse(item["idCol"].Text))
               .ToList();
Grid.Rebind();
foreach (GridDataItem item in Grid.MasterTableView.Items)
{
    item.Selected = selectedItems.Contains(int.Parse(item["idCol"].Text));
}

But how can I do this when the user clicks the "Update" button (which fires the RebindGrid command)?

Thanks!

[Shinu]

Hi ,

Im not sure about your requirement, i guess you are using GridClientSelectColumn, to select some rows and you want it to be persisting across pages and on Update. Please try the below is a sample code snippet .

ASPX:

<telerik:RadGrid ID="RadGrid1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AllowMultiRowSelection="True"
    AutoGenerateEditColumn="true" OnItemCommand="RadGrid1_ItemCommand" OnPreRender="RadGrid1_PreRender" OnItemCreated="RadGrid1_ItemCreated">
    <MasterTableView DataKeyNames="CustomerID" CommandItemDisplay="Top">
        <Columns>
            <telerik:GridClientSelectColumn UniqueName="ClientSelectColumn" />
        </Columns>
    </MasterTableView>
    <ClientSettings Selecting-AllowRowSelect="true" EnablePostBackOnRowClick="true" Selecting-UseClientSelectColumnOnly="true">
    </ClientSettings>
</telerik:RadGrid>

C#:

ArrayList selectedItems;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        Session.Clear();
    }
}
protected void RadGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, GridCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (Session["selectedItems"] == null)
    {
        selectedItems = new ArrayList();
    }
    else
    {
        selectedItems = (ArrayList)Session["selectedItems"];
    }
    if (e.CommandName == "RowClick")
    {
        GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
        string customerID = dataItem.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[dataItem.ItemIndex]["CustomerID"].ToString();
        if (dataItem.Selected)
        {
            selectedItems.Add(customerID);
            Session["selectedItems"] = selectedItems;
        }
        else
        {
            selectedItems.Remove(customerID);
            Session["selectedItems"] = selectedItems;
        }
    }
}
protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (Session["selectedItems"] != null)
    {
        ArrayList selectedItems = (ArrayList)Session["selectedItems"];
        Int16 stackIndex;
        for (stackIndex = 0; stackIndex <= selectedItems.Count - 1; stackIndex++)
        {
            string curItem = selectedItems[stackIndex].ToString();
            foreach (GridItem item in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items)
            {
                if (item is GridDataItem)
                {
                    GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)item;
                    if (curItem.Equals(dataItem.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[dataItem.ItemIndex]["CustomerID"].ToString()))
                    {
                        dataItem.Selected = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
{
 if (e.Item is GridHeaderItem)
  {
    GridHeaderItem headerItem = (GridHeaderItem)e.Item;
    CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)headerItem["ClientSelectColumn"].Controls[0];
    if (chk.Checked)
    {
        GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
        string customerID = dataItem.OwnerTableView.DataKeyValues[dataItem.ItemIndex]["CustomerID"].ToString();
        if (dataItem.Selected)
        {
            selectedItems.Add(customerID);
            Session["selectedItems"] = selectedItems;
        }
    }
  }
}

Thanks,
Shinu

[JP]

Thanks for your answer, I tried your approach and it is working but for one case: I want to get the SelectedRows in page's OnPreRender, but after the update command it still returns nothing because the Grid's PreRender is executed after the page's OnPreRender. I need some event handler where I can set the seelcted rows which is executed during every postback before the page's OnPreRender method. 

Thanks!

[Eyup]

Hello Jan-Patrick,

You can check out the following sample:
http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/aspnet-ajax/grid/get-selected-items-through-all-pages.aspx

Which uses this approach:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/grid-persist-selected-rows-client-sorting-paging-grouping-filtering.html

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Eyup
Telerik