Selecting cell(s) in RadGridView

[Steve Evans]

Hi,

I would like to know  if there is a way to select an individual cell/cells in a RadGridView rather than an entire row and if so, how one goes about it.

Thanks in advance, Steve

[Vlad]

Hello Steve,

 Please check our Q2 2010 Beta selection demo for more info. The official release will be early next month.

Best wishes,
Vlad
the Telerik team

[Steve Evans]

Hi,

Thanks for the swift reply. Is there any chance that you could attach that demo or an extract of it to this thread please as I can't seem to get the XBAP to run properly in any of the browsers that I have installed.

Thanks, Steve

[Pavel Pavlov]

Hello Steve Evans,

All QSF examples are available ofline as well  as a part of the beta download. If you download and install the beta , you can find the cell selection example inside the demo application.

Best wishes,
Pavel Pavlov
the Telerik team

[Steve Evans]

Hi,

Thanks for the update, I have looked at the cell selection demo now. The behaviour of the grid when SelectionUnit="Cell" is kind of what I want in so far as the user can select a single cell or multiple ones. However, I would like to be able to restrict the user to be able to select a single or multiple cells but only within a single column at any one time NOT within any column. Is there any way to do this?

Also, what I am now trying to understand is how I can work the info available when the selected cells are changed - how can I associate the selected cells with the underlying bound items in in the item source of the grid? Additionally, I am using an MVVM approach and wish to utilise bindings into my VM where possible.

Any info would be great. Thanks in advance.

Steve

[Steve Evans]

Hi,

Could someone get back to me regarding my last post please.

Many thanks.

Steve

[Milan]

Hi Steve Evans,

For now we do not have plans to a allow restrictions on cell selection but we will consider your feedback.

In regards to the second question, each GridViewcellInfo exposes a property called Item which refers to the data item of a particular cell. This blog post demonstrates how you can use MVVM to control the SelectedItems of RadGridView. Maybe something similar can be created to sync SelectedCells.

I have updated your Telerik points. 

Regards,
Milan
the Telerik team