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June 9, 2014 at 4:44 am selectedIndex of a jqxDropDownList inside gridview #55566
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Hello jishnu2026,
You can do this in the initeditor column callback function. Here is an example (notice the second column):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxdata.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxmenu.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxgrid.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxgrid.selection.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxgrid.pager.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxgrid.edit.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxpanel.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/demos.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            // prepare the data
            var ordersSource =
            {
                datatype: "xml",
                datafields: [
                    { name: 'ShippedDate', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:ShippedDate', type: 'date' },
                    { name: 'Freight', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:Freight', type: 'float' },
                    { name: 'ShipName', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:ShipName', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'ShipAddress', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:ShipAddress', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'ShipCity', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:ShipCity', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'ShipCountry', map: 'm\\:properties>d\\:ShipCountry', type: 'string' }
                ],
                root: "entry",
                record: "content",
                id: 'm\\:properties>d\\:OrderID',
                url: "../sampledata/orders.xml",
                pager: function (pagenum, pagesize, oldpagenum) {
                    // callback called when a page or page size is changed.
                },
                updaterow: function (rowid, rowdata, result) {
                    // synchronize with the server - send update command
                    // call result with parameter true if the synchronization with the server is successful 
                    // and with parameter false if the synchronization failder.
                    result(true);
                }
            };
            var ordersAdapter = new $.jqx.dataAdapter(ordersSource);

            $("#jqxgrid").jqxGrid(
            {
                width: 850,
                source: ordersAdapter,
                selectionmode: 'singlecell',
                editable: true,
                pageable: true,
                autoheight: true,
                columns: [
                    {
                        text: 'Ship City', datafield: 'ShipCity', width: 150, columntype: 'combobox',
                        createeditor: function (row, column, editor) {
                            // assign a new data source to the combobox.
                            var list = ['Stuttgart', 'Rio de Janeiro', 'Strasbourg'];
                            editor.jqxComboBox({ autoDropDownHeight: true, source: list, promptText: "Please Choose:" });
                        },
                        // update the editor's value before saving it.
                        cellvaluechanging: function (row, column, columntype, oldvalue, newvalue) {
                            // return the old value, if the new value is empty.
                            if (newvalue == "") return oldvalue;
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        text: 'Ship Country', datafield: 'ShipCountry', width: 150, columntype: 'dropdownlist',
                        createeditor: function (row, column, editor) {
                            // assign a new data source to the dropdownlist.
                            var list = ['Germany', 'Brazil', 'France'];
                            editor.jqxDropDownList({ autoDropDownHeight: true, source: list });
                        },
                        initeditor: function (row, cellvalue, editor, celltext, cellwidth, cellheight) {
                            var selectedIndex = editor.jqxDropDownList("selectedIndex");
                            alert(selectedIndex);
                        },
                        // update the editor's value before saving it.
                        cellvaluechanging: function (row, column, columntype, oldvalue, newvalue) {
                            // return the old value, if the new value is empty.
                            if (newvalue == "") return oldvalue;
                        }
                    },
                    { text: 'Ship Name', datafield: 'ShipName', columntype: 'combobox' }
                ]
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body class='default'>
    <div id='jqxWidget' style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; float: left;">
        <div id="jqxgrid">
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
Best Regards,
Dimitar
jQWidgets team
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