Set selected row/item

[Steven]

Hi, I would like to set which row gets selected please.

I have this code belwo which is close

this.myGrid.SelectedItem = this.myGrid.Items[nextIndex];

I would imagine the pseudo code would be something like

int CustomerID= 100
this.myGrid.SelectedItem = this.myGrid.Items[CustomerID];

Many thanks

Steven


[Maya]

Hello Steven,

Your approach is quite correct. However, everything depends on the time you are setting the selected item. The problem here is that when trying to set it in the constructor, the collection is still not created and that's why you cannot define the selected row.
What you can do is to set it in the DataLoaded event. For example:

private bool initialized = false;
void playersGrid_DataLoaded(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            if (initialized)

            {

                return;

            }

            this.playersGrid.SelectedItem = this.playersGrid.Items[2]; 

            initialized = true;

        }

Since the DataLoaded event occurs on different scenarios, you can add the variable initialized to ensure that setting of the selected item happens only once. 

You can find more information about Selection in RadGridView in our online documentation.

I hope that helps.

 

All the best,
Maya
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