Grid Inline Editing

Inline editing lets the user click an Edit command button on the row, and all its editable columns open up for changes. They can then click a Save command button to submit the changes to the data access layer. This fires the OnUpdate event of the grid where your code receives the updated model so you can work with the data (for example, to call the appropriate method of your service).

In a similar fashion, the Cancel and Delete command buttons fire events on the grid to let you handle the data source operations.

When validation is not satisfied, clicking the Save, Delete or Add buttons will not have effect, but you can still navigate between all fields in the row to complete editing.

You can also cancel the events by setting the IsCancelled property of the event arguments to true. This lets you prevent the user from editing certain records, inserting or deleting items, based on your application logic.

To enable Inline editing in the grid, set its EditMode property to Telerik.Blazor.GridEditMode.Inline, then handle the CRUD events as shown in the example below.

The Command buttons and the grid events let you handle data operations in Inline edit mode (see the code comments for details)

@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations @* for the validation attributes *@

Use the command buttons to control the CUD operations.
<br />
<strong>Editing is cancelled for the first two records</strong>.

<TelerikGrid Data=@MyData EditMode="@GridEditMode.Inline" Pageable="true" Height="500px"
             OnUpdate="@UpdateHandler" OnEdit="@EditHandler" OnDelete="@DeleteHandler" OnCreate="@CreateHandler" OnCancel="@CancelHandler">
    <GridToolBarTemplate>
        <GridCommandButton Command="Add" Icon="@SvgIcon.Plus">Add Employee</GridCommandButton>
    </GridToolBarTemplate>
    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(SampleData.ID) Title="ID" Editable="false" />
        <GridColumn Field=@nameof(SampleData.Name) Title="Name" />
        <GridCommandColumn>
            <GridCommandButton Command="Save" Icon="@SvgIcon.Save" ShowInEdit="true">Update</GridCommandButton>
            <GridCommandButton Command="Edit" Icon="@SvgIcon.Pencil">Edit</GridCommandButton>
            <GridCommandButton Command="Delete" Icon="@SvgIcon.Trash">Delete</GridCommandButton>
            <GridCommandButton Command="Cancel" Icon="@SvgIcon.Cancel" ShowInEdit="true">Cancel</GridCommandButton>
        </GridCommandColumn>
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>

@code {
    void EditHandler(GridCommandEventArgs args)
    {
        SampleData item = (SampleData)args.Item;

        // prevent opening for edit based on condition
        if (item.ID < 3)
        {
            args.IsCancelled = true;// the general approach for cancelling an event
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Edit event is fired.");
    }

    async Task UpdateHandler(GridCommandEventArgs args)
    {
        SampleData item = (SampleData)args.Item;

        // perform actual data source operations here through your service
        await MyService.Update(item);

        // update the local view-model data with the service data
        await GetGridData();

        Console.WriteLine("Update event is fired.");
    }

    async Task DeleteHandler(GridCommandEventArgs args)
    {
        SampleData item = (SampleData)args.Item;

        // perform actual data source operation here through your service
        await MyService.Delete(item);

        // update the local view-model data with the service data
        await GetGridData();

        Console.WriteLine("Delete event is fired.");
    }

    async Task CreateHandler(GridCommandEventArgs args)
    {
        SampleData item = (SampleData)args.Item;

        // perform actual data source operation here through your service
        await MyService.Create(item);

        // update the local view-model data with the service data
        await GetGridData();

        Console.WriteLine("Create event is fired.");
    }

    async Task CancelHandler(GridCommandEventArgs args)
    {
        SampleData item = (SampleData)args.Item;

        // if necessary, perform actual data source operation here through your service

        Console.WriteLine("Cancel event is fired.");
    }


    // in a real case, keep the models in dedicated locations, this is just an easy to copy and see example
    public class SampleData
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

    public List<SampleData> MyData { get; set; }

    async Task GetGridData()
    {
        MyData = await MyService.Read();
    }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        await GetGridData();
    }

    // the following static class mimics an actual data service that handles the actual data source
    // replace it with your actual service through the DI, this only mimics how the API can look like and works for this standalone page
    public static class MyService
    {
        private static List<SampleData> _data { get; set; } = new List<SampleData>();

        public static async Task Create(SampleData itemToInsert)
        {
            itemToInsert.ID = _data.Count + 1;
            _data.Insert(0, itemToInsert);
        }

        public static async Task<List<SampleData>> Read()
        {
            if (_data.Count < 1)
            {
                for (int i = 1; i < 50; i++)
                {
                    _data.Add(new SampleData()
                    {
                        ID = i,
                        Name = "Name " + i.ToString()
                    });
                }
            }

            return await Task.FromResult(_data);
        }

        public static async Task Update(SampleData itemToUpdate)
        {
            var index = _data.FindIndex(i => i.ID == itemToUpdate.ID);
            if (index != -1)
            {
                _data[index] = itemToUpdate;
            }
        }

        public static async Task Delete(SampleData itemToDelete)
        {
            _data.Remove(itemToDelete);
        }
    }
}

The result from the code snippet above, after the Edit button was clicked on the fourth row

It is up to the data access logic to save the data once it is changed in the data collection, or to revert changes. The example above showcases the events that allow you to do that. In a real application, the code for handling data operations may be entirely different.

See Also

• Live Demo: Grid Inline Editing