KendoReact Data Grid Editing Overview

The KendoReact Data Grid enables you to create, update, and delete data records.

Getting Started with the KendoReact Data Grid Editing

1. Set the editField property of the Grid—editField will indicate the editable data items and is part of the temporary data items that are used during editing. For the data items in the edit mode, set the edit state in their editField.

   Copy Code    <Grid
           editField="inEdit"

   Copy Code    dataItem.inEdit = true;

2. Create a new data collection which has the edit state of each data item. In the following example, the id of the edited item is stored in the application state.

   Copy Code    <Grid
           data={this.state.data.map((item) =>
               ({ ...item, inEdit: item.ProductID === this.state.editID })
           )}

3. Set the type of the editor per column using the editor property of the GridColumn component. The built-in editor types are text, date, number and boolean. The usage of each editor for each column depends on the type of the edited data. To disable the editing for any column, set the GridColumn editable property to false.

   Copy Code    <Grid>
           <Column field="ProductID" title="Id" editable={false} />
           <Column field="ProductName" title="Name" editor="text" />
           <Column field="FirstOrderedOn" title="First Ordered" editor="date" />
           <Column field="UnitsInStock" title="Units" width="150px" editor="numeric" />
           <Column field="Discontinued" title="Discontinued" editor="boolean" />
       </Grid>

4. Define a function for the onItemChange event which will handle the data changes during editing. Inside the event, all relevant data, such as the edited data item, the newly entered value, or the edited field will be available as onItemChange parameters.

   Copy Code     <Grid onItemChange={this.onItemChange}>

   Copy Code    onItemChange = (event) => {
           const editedItemID = event.dataItem.ProductID;
           const data = this.state.data.map(item =>
               item.ProductID === editedItemID ? {...item, [event.field]: event.value} : item
           );
           this.setState({ data });
       };

Preventing column editing

To prevent a column from being editable, set the editable prop to false for the required column:

Copy Code```jsx-no-run
     <Column field="ProductID" title="Id" width="50px" editable={false} />
```

The following example demonstrates how to implement the editing of the Grid data.

KendoReact Data Grid Editing APIs

• Inline editing
• Inline editing with custom editors
• In-cell editing
• In-cell editing of all cells
• Editing with external popup form
• Editing with external Redux Form

Suggested Links

• API Reference of the Grid
• API Index of the Grid