How to save edited records without showing confirmation message dialog in ASP.NET MVC Grid?
To save the unsaved edited records on any Grid action, in batch edit mode.
Solution
In Batch Edit Mode, with edited records not saved, if we perform any Grid actions such as paging, sorting, etc., an alert message would be shown to save the edited record or cancel the Grid action as in the below screenshot.
We can avoid or prevent this alert message by using “ShowConfirmDialog” Grid EditSettings API.
But preventing the alert message will result in losing the edited records on performing Grid action like paging.
To prevent the alert message and at the same time to save the edited records, we can make use “ActionBegin” Grid event in which using “batchSave“ Grid method we can save the edited records.
JS
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
$("#Grid").ejGrid({
dataSource: window.gridData,
allowPaging: true,
editSettings: { allowEditing: true, allowAdding: true, allowDeleting: true, editMode: "batch" },
toolbarSettings: { showToolbar: true, toolbarItems: [ej.Grid.ToolBarItems.Add, ej.Grid.ToolBarItems.Edit, ej.Grid.ToolBarItems.Delete, ej.Grid.ToolBarItems.Update, ej.Grid.ToolBarItems.Cancel] },
actionBegin: “begin”,
columns: [
{ field: "OrderID", isPrimaryKey: true, headerText: "Order ID", textAlign: ej.TextAlign.Right, width: 90 },
{ field: "CustomerID", headerText: 'Customer ID', validationRules: { required: true,}, width: 90 },
{ field: "EmployeeID", headerText: 'Employee ID', editType: ej.Grid.EditingType.Dropdown, textAlign: ej.TextAlign.Right, width: 80 },
{ field: "Freight", headerText: 'Freight', textAlign: ej.TextAlign.Right, editType: ej.Grid.EditingType.Numeric, width: 80, format: "{0:C}" },
{ field: "ShipName", headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 150 },
{ field: "ShipCountry", headerText: 'Ship Country', editType: ej.Grid.EditingType.Dropdown, width: 90 }
]
});
});
</script>
MVC
@(Html.EJ().Grid<object>("Editing")
.Datasource((IEnumerable<object>)ViewBag.datasource)
.EditSettings(edit => { edit.AllowAdding().AllowDeleting().AllowEditing().EditMode(EditMode.Batch).ShowConfirmDialog(false); })
.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);
});
})
.AllowPaging()
.Columns(col =>
{
col.Field("OrderID").HeaderText("Order ID").IsPrimaryKey(true).TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).Width(90).Add();
col.Field("CustomerID").HeaderText("Customer ID").ValidationRules(v => v.AddRule("required", true)).Width(90).Add();
col.Field("EmployeeID").HeaderText("Employee ID").EditType(EditingType.Dropdown).TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).Width(80).Add();
col.Field("Freight").HeaderText("Freight").TextAlign(TextAlign.Right).Width(80).EditType(EditingType.Numeric).Format("{0:C}").Add();
col.Field("ShipName").HeaderText("ShipName").Width(150).Add();
col.Field("ShipCountry").HeaderText("ShipCountry").EditType(EditingType.Dropdown).Width(90).Add();
})
.ClientSideEvents(eve => eve.ActionBegin("begin"))
)
ASP.NET
<ej:Grid ID="OrdersGrid" runat="server" AllowPaging="True">
<Columns>
<ej:Column Field="OrderID" HeaderText="Order ID" IsPrimaryKey="true" TextAlign="Right" Width="75" />
<ej:Column Field="CustomerID" HeaderText="Customer ID" Width="80" >
<ValidationRule>
<ej:KeyValue Key="required" Value="true" />
</ValidationRule>
</ej:Column>
<ej:Column Field="EmployeeID" HeaderText="Employee ID" TextAlign="Right" Width="80" EditType="Dropdown" />
<ej:Column Field="Freight" HeaderText="Freight" TextAlign="Right" Width="80" Format="{0:C}" EditType="Numeric" />
<ej:Column Field="ShipName" HeaderText="ShipName" Width="150" />
<ej:Column Field="ShipCountry" HeaderText="ShipCountry" Width="90" EditType="Dropdown" />
</Columns>
<EditSettings AllowEditing="True" AllowAdding="True" AllowDeleting="True" EditMode="Batch"></EditSettings>
<ToolbarSettings ShowToolbar="True" ToolbarItems="add,edit,delete,update,cancel"></ToolbarSettings>
<ClientSideEvents ActionBegin="begin" />
</ej:Grid>
<script>
function begin(args) {
if (args.requestType == "paging" | args.requestType == "sorting") {
if (this.model.isEdit && !this.getContent().find("#EditingEditForm").validate().form()) {
args.cancel = true; // Preventing Grid action in case of any validation error
}
var changes = this.getBatchChanges();// getBatchChanges method returns unsaved edited, added and deleted records.
if (!args.cancel && (this.model.isEdit || changes.added.length || changes.deleted.length || changes.changed.length)) {
this.batchSave(); // Saving edited records
}
}
}
</script>
Conclusion
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