Batch Editing Configuration

The properties listed below enable you to configure the settings for batch editing.

• GridTableView.BatchEditingSettings.EditType – determines if the editing will be performed for the whole row or individually for each cell (the default value)

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <BatchEditingSettings EditType="Cell" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridTableView.BatchEditingSettings.SaveAllHierarchyLevels – determines if the SaveChanges button will save the changes for the current GridTableView only or for all GridTableViews in RadGrid. When set to true the saveAllChanges method will be called instead of saveChanges"

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <BatchEditingSettings SaveAllHierarchyLevels="true" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridtableView.BatchEditingSettings.OpenEditingEvent – string value determining the event which will cause the cell/row to open for edit. The default value is “click”. Examples for event values – “dblclick”, “click”, “mousedown”, “mouseup”, “mouseover”.

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <BatchEditingSettings OpenEditingEvent="DblClick" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridtableView.BatchEditingSettings.HighlightDeletedRows - this setting provides visual feedback of the rows that are about to be deleted. An overlay is displayed above the row. It enables the user to undo the change.

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <BatchEditingSettings HighlightDeletedRows="true" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

  The Undo button and highlight functionality are placed in the first column rendered on the client. If this column has Display="false", the HighlightDeletedRows feature will not work.

  If you need to hide the first column, you can consider using the Visible="false" property instead, as the first column is often a record ID the user needs not access.

  An alternative is to add a dummy column as a first column (e.g., without a DataField and with <HeaderStyle Width="1px" />). The caveat with this approach is that the dummy column will be available in the Columns list in the header context menu.

• GridTableView.CommandItemSettings.ShowSaveChangesButton – determines if a SaveChanges button will be created in the GridCommandItem

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <CommandItemSettings ShowSaveChangesButton="true" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridTableView.CommandItemSettings.ShowCancelChangesButton – determines if a CancelChanges button will be created in the GridCommandItem

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <CommandItemSettings ShowCancelChangesButton="true" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridTableView.CommandItemSettings.SaveChangesText – gets or sets the SaveChanges button's text value

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <CommandItemSettings SaveChangesText="Custom Save Changes Text" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

• GridTableView.CommandItemSettings.CancelChangesText – gets or sets the CancelChanges button's text value

  <MasterTableView EditMode="Batch">
      <CommandItemSettings CancelChangesText="Custom Cancel Changes Text" />
  </MasterTableView>
  

When setting the EditMode to Batch multi-row editing is not supported as only one editor is initialized for a given column (for performance purposes).