Hello Alex,

Do I have to pass the VALUE or the TEXT? So when I have an ID im binding the value and a text I want to be shown, I have to pass the ID?

Hello Matthias,

Thank you for posting your solution on the forum.

I hope it will be useful for other users too.

Since I needed a solutation, I tinkered it in the worst possible way.

Here is the code:

            //Set DropDown value manually, since the DataGrid events dont shoot when we enter the edit mode with the function
            var roleTypeDescr = tr.find('>:nth-child(3)').children(0).find(':nth-child(2)')[0].innerText;
            
            var ddl = $find('ddlRoleTypeEdit');

            var ds = ddl._dataStore[2][0];
            var itemIndex;

            jQuery.each(ds, function (indx, value) {
                if (ds[indx][0][1] == roleTypeDescr) {
                    itemIndex = indx;
                    return;
                }
            });

            if (itemIndex)
                ddl.selectItemByIndex(itemIndex, true, true);

It works at the moment, so I guess I let it that way.

The problem lies in the clientStaateManager I think. To be exact, here:

$IG.ObjectClientStateManager.prototype =
{    
    get_value:function(id, isBool)
    {
    ///

    /// returns a value from client-state
    ///
    ///id of the value to get from client-state
    ///if the value returned is boolean or not 
    ///        var index = id[0];
        var defaultVal = id[1];
        
        var val = this._transactionList.get_value(index);

the val is undefined at this point since the propsIndex doesnt seem to fit.

Can I kinda reload the clientstatemanager to get the correct values?

EDIT: Is it possible a problem when I load the dropdown.

I do this on the INIT event:

                                                        <stgwc:DropDown ID="ddlRoleTypeEdit" ClientIDMode="Static" DisplayMode="DropDownList"
                                                            TextField="DESCR"
                                                            DropDownItemBinding-TextField="DESCR"
                                                            ValueField="ROLETYPE_CDE"
                                                            DropDownItemBinding-ValueField="ROLETYPE_CDE"
                                                            runat="server"
                                                            Width="150px"
                                                            EnableDropDownAsChild="true"
                                                            OnInit="DropDown_OnPreRender"
                                                            >
                                                        </stgwc:DropDown>

And in code behind:

            ddlControl.DataSource = GetRoleTypes();
            ddlControl.TextField = "DESCR";
            ddlControl.ValueField = "ROLETYPE_CDE";
            ddlControl.DataBind();

As you can see at the naming, I tried OnPreRender, but this causes other problems.

Might there be a problem?

Hello Alex,

I cant use the {value} tag, since I work with templates.

I guess the problem is not what I pass but when the dropdown fills all its items.

Can I force to load them all? I guess that would solve the problem.

Hello Matthias,

I have created a sample based on your description to test this behavior.

When the following bindings for the dropdown column are used the text is inserted in the grid in this sample:

<ig:RowEditingClientBinding ColumnKey="Item" ControlID="WebDropDown1" GetValueJavaScript="$find({ClientID}).get_selectedItem().get_text()"            
SetValueJavaScript="$find({ClientID}).set_currentValue({value},true)" />

Test this on you sample and update me with the results.