ListView HtmlHelper Overview
The Telerik UI ListView HtmlHelper for ASP.NET Core is a server-side wrapper for the Kendo UI ListView widget.
The ListView enables you to display a custom layout of data-bound items. The ListView is ideally suited for displaying a list of items in a consistent manner. You can see commonplace examples of its use in the design structures of the Internet, search engine results, tweets from Twitter, Facebook updates, inbox items in Gmail, card lists in Trello, and so on.
The ListView enables you to control the display of data. It does not provide a default rendering of data-bound items. Instead, it relies on templates to define the way a list of items is displayed, including alternating items and items that are in the process of editing.
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Initializing the ListView
The following example demonstrates how to define the ListView by using the ListView HtmlHelper.
- The
TagNameof the ListView for ASP.NET Core is used to create an element to contain all ListView items once the ListView is bound. - The
ClientTemplateIdis mandatory for the ListView. It contains theidof thescriptelement which accommodates the item template.
<script type="text/x-kendo-tmpl" id="template">
<div class="product">
<h3>#=ProductName#</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Price:</dt>
<dd>#=kendo.toString(UnitPrice, "c")#</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</script>
@(Html.Kendo().ListView(Model) // The ListView will be initially bound to the Model which is the Products table.
.Name("productListView") // The name of the ListView is mandatory. It specifies the "id" attribute of the widget.
.TagName("div") // The tag name of the ListView is mandatory. It specifies the element which wraps all ListView items.
.ClientTemplateId("template") // This template will be used for rendering the ListView items.
.DataSource(dataSource => {
dataSource.Read(read => read.Action("Products_Read", "ListView"));
}) // The DataSource configuration. It will be used on paging.
.Pageable() // Enable paging.
)
Basic Configuration
The following example demonstrates the basic configuration for the ListView HtmlHelper.
<script type="text/x-kendo-tmpl" id="template">
<div class="product-view k-widget">
<dl>
<dt>Product Name</dt>
<dd>#:ProductName#</dd>
<dt>Unit Price</dt>
<dd>#:kendo.toString(UnitPrice, "c")#</dd>
<dt>Units In Stock</dt>
<dd>#:UnitsInStock#</dd>
<dt>Discontinued</dt>
<dd>#:Discontinued#</dd>
</dl>
<div class="edit-buttons">
<a class="k-button k-edit-button" href="\\#"><span class="k-icon k-i-edit"></span></a>
<a class="k-button k-delete-button" href="\\#"><span class="k-icon k-i-delete"></span></a>
</div>
</div>
</script>
@(Html.Kendo().ListView<Kendo.Mvc.Examples.Models.ProductViewModel>(Model)
.Name("listView")
.TagName("div")
.ClientTemplateId("template")
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
.Model(model => model.Id("ProductID"))
.PageSize(4)
.Read(read => read.Action("Editing_Read", "ListView"))
.Update(update => update.Action("Editing_Update", "ListView"))
.Destroy(destroy => destroy.Action("Editing_Destroy", "ListView"))
)
.Pageable()
.Editable()
)