I have a Kendo UI combobox object something like this :
widget: "kendoComboBox",
options: {
dataTextField: "#:userFirstName# #:userLastName#",
dataValueField: "userId",
template: "#:userFirstName# #:userLastName#",
change: function (e) {
that.model.fn.bringUserData();
}
}
I can arrange the template, but i cannot dataTextField value depends on that template. It is possible to make it "userId" etc. But seems not possible to set selected value as #:userFirstName# #:userLastName#. (dataTextFieldTemplate doesn't work.)
Could you help me to solve this?
Correct, you cannot make it a composition of two fields. It needs to be a field per se. What you can do is when reading data from the DataSource create an additional field that is the concatenation of those two fields. You can add to you DataSource definition something like this:
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: "..."
}
},
schema: {
parse: function(response) {
$.each(response, function(idx, elem) {
elem.fullName = elem.firstName + " " + elem.lastName;
});
return response;
}
}
});
Then the options for the combobox are simply:
options: {
dataTextField: "fullName",
dataValueField: "userId",
...
}
See it in action here : http://jsfiddle.net/OnaBai/12hpLeux/1/
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I'm fairly new to Kendo UI and got the basics for my code here : http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dropdownlist/cascadingdropdownlist
I got 2 api calls, where the first take no parameters and return a list if items (Id, Name)
The second api call take in an Id, and return a seconds list of items (also just an object with Id and Name)
From this I want to have 2 cascading kendo dropdowns.
However my problem is the second one's url always have the id being null or empty, and I cannot figure out what is the right syntax:
// First dropdown, all good
var controllers = $("#Controller").kendoDropDownList({
optionLabel: "Select controller...",
dataTextField: "Name",
dataValueField: "Id",
dataSource: {
serverFiltering: true,
transport: {
read: "/SharedData/GetControllers/"
}
}
}).data("kendoDropDownList");
// second dropdown, always hit the api method with the id being null or empty (depending on syntax for url)
var actions = $("#Action").kendoDropDownList({
autoBind: true,
cascadeFrom: "controllers",
cascadeFromField: "Id",
optionLabel: "Select Action...",
dataTextField: "Id",
dataValueField: "Name",
dataSource: {
serverFiltering: true,
transport: {
// HELP: need pass id to this route (which is id of selected controller)
read: "/SharedData/GetControllerActions/id=" + $("#Controller").data("kendoDropDownList").text()
}
}
}).data("kendoDropDownList");
I believe the problem is that your datasource only gets set one time - at the time of initialization - and at this time the value of the dropdown is null. What i would do is add a change event on the first dropdown like this:
var controllers = $("#Controller").kendoDropDownList({
optionLabel: "Select controller...",
dataTextField: "Name",
dataValueField: "Id",
dataSource: {
serverFiltering: true,
transport: {
read: "/SharedData/GetControllers/"
}
},
change: function(e) {
setSecondDS();
}
}).data("kendoDropDownList");
var setSecondDS = function() {
//initialize your new kendo datasource here
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
//your stuff here
transport:
serverFiltering:
});
$("#Action").data("kendoDropDownList").setDataSource(dataSource);
}
I'm currently having trouble with my Kendo UI treeview, which essentially displays the same node each time I click it to go deeper into the tree.
My problem is that my regular get request looks like this:
something/GetChildren/3432fdsf8989/Apr222014083453AM
when I click to get the next node the request looks like this:
something/GetChildren/3432fdsf8989/Apr222014083453AM?Identifier=2323eded7664
and I want to have it like this:
something/GetChildren/2323eded7664/Apr222014083453AM
Is it possible to change the URL with a Kendo UI HierarchicalDataSource? My web service is currently Ignoring the Identifier and still using the initial ID.
function initTreeView(date, targetid) {
var requestUrl = "something/GetChildren/"+ targetid + "/" + date;
var dataSource = new kendo.data.HierarchicalDataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url : requestUrl,
dataType : "json"
}
},
schema: {
model: {
id: "Identifier",
hasChildren: true, //all items may have Children
}
}
});
$("#treeview").kendoTreeView({
dataSource: dataSource,
dataTextField: "Message"
});
}
The url in the transport definition can be a function. Define it as a function that generates it in the proper / desired format.
transport: {
read: {
url: function(options) {
return something/GetChildren/"+ targetid + "/" + date;
}
}
}
I am binding the Combobox to a complex Object, the binding is such that ID field is available as a direct property on this object but the Text Property is coming from a child objects property.
I have been able to configure it show the values correctly, but running into problem to specify the optionLabel saying "select" not able to specify Parent.Childproperty getting runtime error (Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Childproperty' of undefined )
How can i specify Complex Objects in the Model defination and below for the empty selection ?
$('<input id="DegreeDDL" name="' + options.field + '"/>').appendTo(container).kendoDropDownList({
autoBind: true,
serverFiltering: true,
optionLabel: {
'Parent.Childproperty': "--- Select ---",
ABCD_PK: null
},
dataSource: {
transport: {
read: {
url: function (e) {
return "api/Org/XXXXXXXX?abcdPK=" + efgh;
},
dataType: "json" // <-- The default was "jsonp"
}
},
},
dataTextField: "Parent.ChildProperty",
dataValueField: "ABCD_PK"
});
Also running into similar propblem when defining model for the grid
var model = {
id: "ABCD_PK",
fields: {
Parent.Child.ChilProperty:
}
}
To answer your first question: use optionLabel as string if creating object here causes errors:
optionLabel: "--- Select ---",
Here is working JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/a6Ek2/11/
To answer your second question just use dataSource.schema to parse your json for non complex object. More in this topic: How can I use nested Json to populate Kendo UI grid?. Grid official do not working with complex data objects. But if you wanna give a try you delclare only parent object in model eg:
fields: {
ABCD_PK: { editable: false },
Parent: { editable: true },
}
If you still got problem with this just update this JSFiddle and show exacly where this is. I'll try improve my answers then.
I have a problem with the Kendo AutoComplete widget.
I am trying it to query the datasource after the user has entered the first two characters of their search.
On the server (web api) I restrict the search using those two chars and all is well, i.e. a subset is returned and correctly shown and further filtered if I carry on typing in the search.
However, I then retype a new search entry which is no longer firing back to the datasource so I am stuck with the data that was retrieved from the first query.
How do I go about this properly?
Thanks
Here is my test code:
public class AlbumsController : ApiController
{
HttpRequest _request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
// GET api/albums
public IEnumerable<Album> GetForAutoComplete()
{
string sw = _request["sw"] == null ? "" : _request["sw"].ToString();
var query = (from a in Albums.MyAlbums
where a.Title.ToLower().StartsWith(sw)
orderby a.Title
select a).ToArray();
return query;
}
and my javascript on the client is like this:
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: "/api/Albums/GetForAutoComplete",
data: {
sw: function () {
return $("#albumSearch").data("kendoAutoComplete").value();
}
}
}
}
});
$("#albumSearch").kendoAutoComplete({
dataSource: dataSource,
dataTextField: "Title",
minLength: 2,
placeholder: "type in here.."
});
Set serverFiltering to true. The default is false, so it will only grab data once and assume that it now has all the data, and subsequent filtering is done on the client.
To have it re-send to the server every time, add this:
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
serverFiltering: true, // <-- add this line.
transport: {
...
}
});
The code for selecting an European country while typing using kendo autocomplete from database as below:
$("#countries").kendoAutoComplete({
dataTextField: "yourfield",
filter: "startswith", // or you can use filter: "contains",
minLength: 3, //what ever you want. In my case its 0.
placeholder: "Select country...",
dataSource: {
type: "get",
serverFiltering: true, //or can also make it false
transport: {
read: {
url: "/yourController/yourAction",
datatype: "json"
}
}
}
});
It works fine for me.
I am using Kendo UI to bind a datasource to the Kendo Grid. I am trying to find the best way to create a column in the grid that is not bound to the datasource.
Currently, I am creating a field in the datasource and using some javascript and jQuery to set the values of that column after the data is read from the remote endpoint.
Datasource:
schema: {
model: {
fields: {
blah: {},
empty_column: {}
}
}
}
Grid:
columns: {
field: "empty_column",
width: 100,
title: "Empty"
}
Javascript:
datasource.data[item].set("empty_column", computed_value);
All code edited for brevity, it all works fine.
My question: is there a way to set the defaultValue for this new, empty column which is not connected to the remote endpoint?
When I set:
empty_column: {defaultValue: "None"}
the grid still displays 'undefined', I think because it is not receiveing any data for that field in the read operation. Is there a way to set the defaultValue in the grid? I haven't seen any examples of this...
defaultValue applies when you create a record, not when it is going to be displayed.
You can do:
Option 1: use parse in schema.fields.fieldName that would be something like this.
model: {
fields: {
empty_column: {
type : "string",
defaultValue: "none",
parse : function (data) {
if (!data.empty_columns) {
data.empty_column = "none";
}
return data;
}
},
blah : { type: "number" }
}
},
Option 2: Use schema.parse for adding the extra field value.
schema: {
model: {
fields: {
empty_column: {type: "string", defaultValue: "none"},
blah : { type: "number" }
}
},
parse: function (response) {
$.each(response, function (idx, item) {
if (!item.empty_column) {
item.empty_column = "none";
}
});
return response;
}
}
Of course, (for both options) if you certainly know that there is no previous value in empty_column you might save the test condition and leave only the assignment.