Hello,
I've been looking around the Telerik and the internet for the last few days to fry and find a possible solution for designing a grid that allows manual entry. To be specific, here's exactly what I am looking for -
I've been looking around the Telerik and the internet for the last few days to fry and find a possible solution for designing a grid that allows manual entry. To be specific, here's exactly what I am looking for -
- User clicks Add New Record to enter new data
- Mouse cursor automatically starts in the first data field; as the user tabs across, the cursor continues to move from column to column, allowing the user to enter all values
- The input of each field can be customized - in other words, some of the entry fields would simply be text entry, some would be dropdown menus (RadCombo) and some are date fields (RadDatePicker)
- When the user tabs from the last column, the record is automatically validated and/or inserted into the grid. The cursor then returns to the first column to allow entry of the next record
I have been experimenting both with the User Control and Template Edit Form Type (currently I am working with the Template). There have been a few issues based on how I'm coding it:
- Despite setting the tab index of the items in the template, tabbing through them is giving a random tab order and not following the set tab index settings
- I am curently working with the last field in the template set with Auto Postback - this was my initial plan for simulating the automatic insertion, although I was doubtful this would work (and so far it hasn't).
Is there a sample somewhere on the Telerik site that follows a similar approach? I haven't been able to find anything that mimics this behavior, but perhaps I am searching for the wrong thing or describing it wrong.