Event called when sorting data in kendo grid - kendo-ui

Question

I have the sample codes as follows:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: getData(),
height: 550,
sortable: true,
pageable: true,
columns: [{
field: "ContactName",
title: "Contact Name",
width: 200
}, {
field: "ContactTitle",
title: "Contact Title"
}, {
field: "CompanyName",
title: "Company Name"
}]
});
function whenSorting(){
//// DO SOMETIME......
}
});
Now what I want is when I do sorting of any field the function "whenSorting" will be called. How to do that?

Answer 1

You have local sorting enabled "sortable: true," , for this you can capture it with databound event
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: getData(),
height: 550,
sortable: true,
pageable: true,
columns: [{
field: "ContactName",
title: "Contact Name",
width: 200
}, {
field: "ContactTitle",
title: "Contact Title"
}, {
field: "CompanyName",
title: "Company Name"
}],
dataBound: function(e) {
whenSorting();
}
});
function whenSorting(){
//// DO SOMETIME......
}
});
IF you are using server sorting you can handle it in the server read .
Hope this helps

Answer 2

You may bind Change function and check whether sorting exist or not on every grid change
$('#grid').data('kendoGrid').dataSource.bind('change',function(){
// Get the grid object
var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
// Get the datasource bound to the grid
var ds = grid.dataSource;
// Get current sorting
var sort = ds.sort();
// Display sorting fields and direction
if (sort) {
for (var i = 0; i < sort.length; i++) {
alert ("Field:" + sort[i].field + " direction:" + sort[i].dir);
}
} else {
alert("no sorting");
}
});
i hope this will help you

Answer 3

You could define a custom sort function for each of your columns and fire your whenSorting event from there, like this:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: getData(),
height: 550,
sortable: true,
pageable: true,
columns: [{
field: "ContactName",
title: "Contact Name",
width: 200,
sortable { compare: whenSorting }
}, {
field: "ContactTitle",
title: "Contact Title",
sortable { compare: whenSorting }
}, {
field: "CompanyName",
title: "Company Name",
sortable { compare: whenSorting }
}]
});
function whenSorting(a, b){
//// DO SOMETIME......
return a == b
? 0
: a > b
? 1
: -1;
}
});

Answer 4

I was using jQuery to hide columns, I was not able to use kendo's hideColumn and showColumn functions. When sorting I would end up with a column I wanted hidden showing up after the sort event was fired. I found that using the above mentioned block then writing a function using jQuery to show or hide the column worked like I intended things to.
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#grid").kendoGrid({
dataSource: getData(),
height: 550,
sortable: true,
pageable: true,
columns: [{
field: "ContactName",
title: "Contact Name",
width: 200
}, {
field: "ContactTitle",
title: "Contact Title"
}, {
field: "CompanyName",
title: "Company Name"
}],
dataBound: function(e) {
whenSorting();
}
});
function whenSorting(){
if(_checkBox.is(':checked'){
grid.find("table th").eq(4).show();
grid.children("div:eq(1)").find("table").find("tr").each(function () {
$(this).children("td:eq(4)").show();
});
}
});
Might want to check your formatting with this one too.