I think I failed to explain the problem but I will look at the selector examples a bit an hope to resolve this. For clarification this code works. There is nothing wrong with this code at all. The problem is that I copy my grid in to another window. For whatever reason, this does not copy the selectors.

this is how I copy in the div and styles, maybe there is a way to copy in the selectors?

 for ( var i = 0, max = linkrels.length; i < max; i++ )
            {
                //copy in styles.
                if ( linkrels[i].rel && linkrels[i].rel == 'stylesheet' )
                {
                    
                    var thestyle = document.createElement( 'link' );
                    var attrib = linkrels[i].attributes;
                    for ( var j = 0, attribmax = attrib.length; j < attribmax; j++ )
                    {
                        thestyle.setAttribute( attrib[j].nodeName, attrib[j].value );
                    }
                    this.document.documentElement.appendChild( thestyle );
                }
            }

after that I append my div. This makes my new window hold a matching div with its styles. I also copy in my events and what not.

Using the same logic but for

 var selectors = document.getElementsByTagName( 'select' );

didn't work.

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that helped a lot.

Hello,

Tree is used in functionality that I haven't removed after some tests, it is not relevant to the sample. I have updated it in order to show you how to get the input that you want.

Please have a look and if you have more questions, contact me.

Have a look at the sample.

Code snippet:

What is tree? I dont see that defined?

Also this example does not show me how to correct my original question. I currently do

var input = $( "input.ui-igedit-field" );

I cant do

var input = $( ui.value );

ui.value is a text value not a selector? Or did you mean with the detach method I could use the selector and it would work ( but you just didn't put that in the example ). I was able to use the detach function but it didnt change anything that I could see? I get the same error when I add my code back in editCellStarted

var input = $( "input.ui-igedit-field" ); //error

Here is the edit started code.

 editCellStarted: function ( evt, ui )
                    {
                        INSTANCE.editing = true; // flag for in edit mode.

                        var input = $( "input.ui-igedit-field" ); //still fails with detach method. 

                        setTimeout( function ()
                        {
                            //if we have a keypress in the buffer replace the text otherwise move the cursor.
                            if ( INSTANCE.cellSelectionEditModeAscii != null )
                            {
                                input.val( INSTANCE.cellSelectionEditModeAscii )
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                input.val( INSTANCE.oldEditValue );
                                input.prop( "selectionStart", input.val().length ).select();
                            }
                           
                            INSTANCE.cellSelectionEditModeAscii = null;
                            document.getElementById( "myContentValue" + INSTANCE.ID ).value = input.val();

                        }, 150 );
}

Hello,

I have created a sample that is showing what you mean. The issue was that the selector didn't find anything, because it was searching in a wrong place. The recommended approach is to access this data (the value of the edited cell) with the provided event handlers (ui.value).

For moving the grid from main page to popup window I use jQuery detach method, which keeps all data and events associated with the element.

From the sample you will see that now I correctly get the value.

Please have a look at the sample and if you have any other questions contact me.

Code snippet: