get currently editing cell

[RékaParticipant]

Hello!

Is there an option to get a reference to the cell that the user is currently editing? (Something like the $(“#jqxgrid”).jqxGrid(‘getselectedrowindex’), but I would like to know the rowindex and the datafield)

Thank you,
Reka

[DimitarParticipant]

Hello Reka,

You can get this information in the column’s cellbeginedit callback function. Here is more about it from the API Documentation:

cellbeginedit – sets a custom function which is called when a cell enters into edit mode. The Grid passes 3 parameters to it – row index, column data field and column type. The function can be used for canceling the editing of a specific Grid cell. To cancel the editing, the function should return false.

{ text: ‘Product’, columntype: ‘dropdownlist’, datafield: ‘productname’, width: 177,
cellbeginedit: function (row, datafield, columntype) {
if (row == 2)
return false;
}
}

Best Regards,
Dimitar

jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[RékaParticipant]

Hi Dimitar,

Thank you. I think I can use this as a workaround.
My concrete scenario is that I have a grid with a nested grid in it and I must have only one selected row at a time from one grid. So if I select a row in the nested grid none of the parent grid’s row should be selected and vice-versa. I used the jqxGrid(‘clearselection’) function to achieve this, but it seems that the ‘endcelledit’ event is not getting fired in case of the parent grid. (maybe because I do not have to click outside of the grid to select an item from the nested one)
I will create an event handler for the cellbeginedit as you suggested and store in a variable the necessary information so that the jqxGrid(‘endcelledit’, rowIndex, dataField, true) function can be called on the parent grid. Any better idea is welcome 🙂

Thanks,
Reka

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