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Populating DropDownLists

Hi,

When editing the Grid inline, how is the dropdown list data populated?

Thanks,  

Avi

1 Reply

MF Mohammed Farook J Syncfusion Team December 13, 2016 10:50 AM UTC

Hi Avi, 
 
Thanks for contacting Syncfusion Supports. 
 
Based on your requirement, we have created a sample Grid with binding custom data source for dropdown list. Please find the code example. 
 
 
@(Html.EJ().Grid<object>("FlatGrid") 
        .Datasource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.datasource) 
         
         .AllowPaging()    /*Paging Enabled*/ 
              .SelectionType(SelectionType.Single) 
              .EditSettings(edit=>{edit.AllowAdding().AllowDeleting().AllowEditing(); }) 
              .ToolbarSettings(toolbar => 
                { 
                 toolbar.ShowToolbar().ToolbarItems(items => 
                 { 
                  items.AddTool(ToolBarItems.Add); 
                  items.AddTool(ToolBarItems.Edit); 
                  items.AddTool(ToolBarItems.Delete); 
                  items.AddTool(ToolBarItems.Update); 
                  items.AddTool(ToolBarItems.Cancel); 
                }); 
              }) 
        .Columns(col => 
        { 
            col.Field("OrderID").HeaderText("Order ID").IsPrimaryKey(true).TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).Width(75).Add(); 
            col.Field("CustomerID").HeaderText("Customer ID").Width(80).Add(); 
            col.Field("EmployeeID").HeaderText("Employee ID").TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).EditType(EditingType.Dropdown).DataSource((List<object>)ViewData["EmployeeID"]).Width(75).Add(); 
            col.Field("Freight").HeaderText("Freight").TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).Width(75).Format("{0:C}").Add(); 
        })) 
 
 
The ‘DataSource’ of Columns property helps to bind the custom data source for DropDownList. 
 
 
[controller] 
 
        public ActionResult GridFeatures() 
        { 
            var DataSource = new NorthwindDataContext().OrdersViews.ToList(); 
            ViewData["EmployeeID"] = EmployeeID; 
            ViewBag.datasource = DataSource; 
            return View(); 
        } 
        public List<object> EmployeeID 
        { 
            get 
            { 
                var employeeID = new NorthwindDataContext().EmployeeViews.Select(sel => sel.EmployeeID).Distinct().ToList(); 
                var EmployeeID = new List<object>(); 
                foreach (var id in employeeID) 
                { 
                    EmployeeID.Add(new { value = id, text = id }); 
                } 
                return EmployeeID; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
 
 
 
DropDown data source must be defined as ‘value’ and ‘text’ pair. 
 
The ‘value’ property is used to data processing (key values grid) and ‘text’ is used to display text in editing view at Grid 
 
Regards, 
J.Mohammed Farook 


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