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GetOptions

methods

Retrieves the options that are currently enabled or disabled on the Grid, also gives the current state of the dataSource. Use this method if you want to save the state of the Grid into a variable. It is also possible to extract and store only some of the Grid options.

Please refer to the setOptions() method documentation for more important information.

getOptions

Returns:Object

The configuration options of the widget.

<div id="grid"></div>
<script>
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
  columns: [
    { field: "name" },
    { field: "age" }
  ],
  sortable: true,
  dataSource: [
      { name: "Jane Doe", age: 30 },
      { name: "John Doe", age: 33 }
  ]
});
var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
var options = grid.getOptions();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
console.log(options.sortable); //outputs true

// get only the Grid column settings
var columnOptionsForSaving = kendo.stringify(options.columns);
</script>