SfDataForm - CustomEditor - DropDown (Picker)

[Andreas]

i have the following scenario.

public class SelectableObject
{
public string Name {get;set;}
public Guid Id {get;set;}
}

public ObjectToEditInEditor
{
public string Type {get;set;}
public int Quantity {get;set;}
public SelectableObject {get;set;}

}

how can i make a custom Editor to use in the DataForm to select a SelectableObject ? the custom Editor should have an input for a SelectableObject List as the source for the picker.

[SaiGanesh Sakthivel]

Hi Andreas,

#Regarding how can i make a custom Editor to use in the DataForm to select a SelectableObject the custom Editor should have an input for a SelectableObject List as the source for the picker.

Your requirement can be achieved with the help of DataFormPickerEditor to select a SelectableObject, with List as source.

Code Snippet

public class SelectableObject
{
public string Name {get;set;}
public Guid Id {get;set;}
}

The example code you shared has to be changed like below

public class ObjectToEditInEditor

{

public string Type {get;set;}

public int Quantity {get;set;}

public string SelectableObject {get;set;}

}

We have documented ‘Loading the complex type property values in picker’ in our user guidance document. Please refer to the following UG documentation for your reference.

https://help.syncfusion.com/maui/dataform/editors#loading-the-complex-type-property-values-in-picker

Please refer to the demo sample in the attachment. Please let us know if you have any concerns.

Regards,
SaiGanesh Sakthivel

Attachment: DataFormPicker_b2d5fb20.zip

[Andreas]

yes but i have

public ObjectToEditInEditor
{
public string Type {get;set;}
public int Quantity {get;set;}
public SelectableObject {get;set;}

}

so a direct reference to the Object and not just a string taking a value of the object.

therfor "OnGenerateDataFormItem" is not working, since as it seem, the "e.DataFormItem.FieldName" is never "SelectableObject" but "SelectableObject.Name" and "SelectableObject.Id"

[SaiGanesh Sakthivel]

Hi Andreas,

As per the current implementation, the class cannot be directly set as the data type for the picker editor in a complex type scenario. This behavior has already been mentioned in the note section.

Note: https://help.syncfusion.com/maui/dataform/editors#loading-the-complex-type-property-values-in-picker

Regards,
SaiGanesh Sakthivel

[Andreas]

would it be possible to make it work using a customEditor (

IDataFormEditor)

??

[SaiGanesh Sakthivel]

Andreas,

As per the implementation, the class cannot be directly set as the data type for the custom editor. Since, it cannot be achieved using the Custom Editor.

[Andreas]

ok thank you