[Solved] Using a dropdown list when editing a grid

[Andy McShane]

Hi, is it possible to have a dropdown list of options when configuring a grid for editing? If so, are there any examples?

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Andy McShane,

Currently this is not supported. Once we provide support for dropdowns we will create an example.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
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[Andy McShane]

OK, pity. Any idea if this is in the pipeline?

[Kazi Manzur Rashid]

Hi Andy McShane,

As Atanas mentioned there is no out of the box support to show DropDwnList in ASP.NET MVC with templates. To show dropdonwnlist you have to create Custom ModelMetadta providers, you can find some of the examples over here:

http://weblogs.asp.net/rashid/archive/2009/11/27/extending-asp-net-mvc-2-templates.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/rashid/archive/2009/12/25/more-on-fluent-metadataprovider-for-asp-net-mvc.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/rashid/archive/2010/02/09/asp-net-mvc-complex-object-modelmetadata-issue.aspx

Though none of the example shows how to show DropDownList in Grid, but the concept is same.

Sincerely yours,
Kazi Manzur Rashid
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[Atanas Korchev]

Hello Andy McShane,

I wanted to follow you up on the subject. You can check the sample project attached to this message.
It shows how to implement a dropdown when the type of your field is not complex (e.g. string). Currently this approach works only for server-side binding. Also the sample is using an internal build because of this bug.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
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[Andy McShane]

Thanks for your help, I will try your suggestions later this week.

[ronald]

is this supported now?