Using Custom Widget as Custom Editor in a grid

[Lance]

Hi,

I'm having trouble using my custom widget as a custom editor in a grid. It seems to call the init of my widget 3 times for every line.  Also when I click on a cell with my widget, it disappears.  The widget works correctly outside of the grid and binds fine.  I want my grid to be inline edit with batch edit so it is permanently in edit mode like an Excel spreadsheet.  Please can you help me see what I'm doing wrong.  Thanks.

My grid definition:
    <div
        id="elgrid"
        style="width: 750px; height: 350px"
        data-role="grid"
        data-editable="{mode: 'incell', createAt: 'bottom'}"
        data-bind="source: equipmentDetailSource, events: { edit: gridEdit }"
        data-selectable="cell"
        data-filterable="false"
        data-auto-bind="true"
        data-columns='[ {"field": "EquipmentRequestLineNo", "title": "Line No"}, 
                        {"field": "EquipmentId", "title": "Equipment"}, 
                        {"field": "Quantity", "title": "Quantity"},    
                        {"field": "RecipientName", "title": "Recipient", "template": kendo.template($("#findUsertemplate").html())},              
                        {"field": "Reason", "title": "Reason"}, 
                        {"command": "destroy", "title": " ", "width": "110px"}]'>
    </div>

    <script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="findUsertemplate">
        <div data-role="usersearch" data-bind="value: RecipientBems, events: { change: change }" data-display-bems="false"></div>
    </script>

[Vladimir Iliev]

HI Lance,

Basically the desired behavior of having all rows of the Grid in edit mode is not supported out of the box and requires custom solution. There are several ways you can do this and which one you would choose depends entirely on you and the exact setup that you have. For example you can use the the "rowTemplate" option to define the row template and disable the editing of the grid - please check the example below:

• http://dojo.telerik.com/odOL

Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik

 

 

[Lance]

Thanks Vladimir,

Using the rowtemplate approached worked.