Data Grid - Edit State Management

Our DataGrid component manages its edit state automatically. If your use case requires full control over the editing process, you can use the API members below to manage state manually.

Backend API

@(Html.DevExtreme().LoadPanel() .ID("loadPanel") .Position(p => p.Of("#gridContainer")) .Visible(false) ) @(Html.DevExtreme().DataGrid<DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.Northwind.Order>() .ID("gridContainer") .KeyExpr("OrderID") .ShowBorders(true) .Pager(p => p.Visible(true)) .RepaintChangesOnly(true) .LoadPanel(loadPanel => loadPanel.Enabled(false)) .Editing(e => e .Mode(GridEditMode.Row) .AllowAdding(true) .AllowDeleting(true) .AllowUpdating(true) ) .Columns(columns => { columns.AddFor(m => m.OrderID).AllowEditing(false); columns.AddFor(m => m.ShipName); columns.AddFor(m => m.ShipCountry); columns.AddFor(m => m.ShipCity); columns.AddFor(m => m.ShipAddress); columns.AddFor(m => m.OrderDate).DataType(GridColumnDataType.Date); columns.AddFor(m => m.Freight); }) .OnOptionChanged("onOptionChanged") .OnSaving("onSaving") ) <div class="options"> <div class="caption">Options</div> <div class="option"> <span>Edit Row Key:</span> <div id="editRowKey">null</div> </div> <div class="option"> <span>Changes:</span> <div id="changes">[]</div> </div> </div> <script> var dataGrid, loadPanel; $(function () { dataGrid = $("#gridContainer").dxDataGrid("instance"); loadPanel = $("#loadPanel").dxLoadPanel("instance"); loadPanel.show(); sendRequest('@Url.HttpRouteUrl("DataGridWebApi", new { action = "Orders", skip = 700 })') .always(() => { loadPanel.hide(); }) .done((data) => { dataGrid.option("dataSource", data); }); }); function onOptionChanged(e) { if (e.name === "editing") { var editRowKey = e.component.option("editing.editRowKey"), changes = e.component.option("editing.changes"); $("#editRowKey").text(editRowKey === null ? "null" : editRowKey); changes = changes.map((change) => { return { type: change.type, key: change.type !== "insert" ? change.key : undefined, data: change.data }; }); $("#changes").text(JSON.stringify(changes, null, " ")); } }; function onSaving(e) { var change = e.changes[0]; if (change) { e.cancel = true; loadPanel.show(); e.promise = saveChange(change) .always(() => { loadPanel.hide(); }) .done((data) => { var orders = e.component.option("dataSource"); if (change.type === "insert") { change.data = data; } orders = DevExpress.data.applyChanges(orders, [change], { keyExpr: "OrderID" }); e.component.option({ dataSource: orders, editing: { editRowKey: null, changes: [] } }); }); } }; function saveChange(change) { switch (change.type) { case "insert": return sendRequest('@Url.HttpRouteUrl("DataGridWebApi", new { action = "InsertOrder" })', "POST", { values: JSON.stringify(change.data) }); case "update": return sendRequest('@Url.HttpRouteUrl("DataGridWebApi", new { action = "UpdateOrder" })', "PUT", { key: change.key, values: JSON.stringify(change.data) }); case "remove": return sendRequest('@Url.HttpRouteUrl("DataGridWebApi", new { action = "DeleteOrder" })', "DELETE", { key: change.key }); } }; function sendRequest(url, method, data) { var d = $.Deferred(); method = method || "GET"; $.ajax(url, { method: method, data: data, cache: false, xhrFields: { withCredentials: true } }).done(function (result) { d.resolve(method === "GET" ? result.data : result); }).fail(function (xhr) { d.reject(xhr.responseJSON ? xhr.responseJSON.Message : xhr.statusText); }); return d.promise(); }; </script>

using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.DataGrid; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.SampleData; using System; using System.Linq; using System.Web.Mvc; namespace DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Controllers { public class DataGridController : Controller { public ActionResult EditStateManagement() { return View(); } } }

using DevExtreme.AspNet.Data; using DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc; using Newtonsoft.Json; using System; using System.Linq; using System.Net; using System.Net.Http; using System.Net.Http.Formatting; using System.Web.Http; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.Northwind; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.DataGrid; using System.Collections.Generic; namespace DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Controllers { [Route("api/DataGridWebApi/{action}", Name = "DataGridWebApi")] public class DataGridWebApiController : ApiController { InMemoryNorthwindContext _nwind = new InMemoryNorthwindContext(); [HttpGet] public HttpResponseMessage Orders(DataSourceLoadOptions loadOptions) { return Request.CreateResponse(DataSourceLoader.Load(_nwind.Orders, loadOptions)); } [HttpPost] public HttpResponseMessage InsertOrder(FormDataCollection form) { var values = form.Get("values"); var newOrder = new Order(); JsonConvert.PopulateObject(values, newOrder); Validate(newOrder); if(!ModelState.IsValid) return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState.GetFullErrorMessage()); _nwind.Orders.Add(newOrder); _nwind.SaveChanges(); return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, newOrder); } [HttpPut] public HttpResponseMessage UpdateOrder(FormDataCollection form) { var key = Convert.ToInt32(form.Get("key")); var values = form.Get("values"); var order = _nwind.Orders.First(o => o.OrderID == key); JsonConvert.PopulateObject(values, order); Validate(order); if(!ModelState.IsValid) return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState.GetFullErrorMessage()); _nwind.SaveChanges(); return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, order); } [HttpDelete] public void DeleteOrder(FormDataCollection form) { var key = Convert.ToInt32(form.Get("key")); var order = _nwind.Orders.First(o => o.OrderID == key); _nwind.Orders.Remove(order); _nwind.SaveChanges(); } // additional actions [HttpGet] public HttpResponseMessage OrderDetails(int orderID, DataSourceLoadOptions loadOptions) { return Request.CreateResponse(DataSourceLoader.Load( from i in _nwind.Order_Details where i.OrderID == orderID select new { Product = i.Product.ProductName, Price = i.UnitPrice, i.Quantity, Sum = i.UnitPrice * i.Quantity }, loadOptions )); } [HttpGet] public HttpResponseMessage ShippersLookup(DataSourceLoadOptions loadOptions) { var lookup = from i in _nwind.Shippers orderby i.CompanyName select new { Value = i.ShipperID, Text = i.CompanyName }; return Request.CreateResponse(DataSourceLoader.Load(lookup, loadOptions)); } [HttpGet] public HttpResponseMessage CustomersLookup(DataSourceLoadOptions loadOptions) { var lookup = from i in _nwind.Customers let text = i.CompanyName + " (" + i.Country + ")" orderby i.CompanyName select new { Value = i.CustomerID, Text = text }; return Request.CreateResponse(DataSourceLoader.Load(lookup, loadOptions)); } [HttpPost] public HttpResponseMessage Batch(List<DataChange> changes) { foreach(var change in changes) { Order order; if(change.Type == "update" || change.Type == "remove") { var key = Convert.ToInt32(change.Key); order = _nwind.Orders.First(o => o.OrderID == key); } else { order = new Order(); } if(change.Type == "insert" || change.Type == "update") { JsonConvert.PopulateObject(change.Data.ToString(), order); Validate(order); if(!ModelState.IsValid) return Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, ModelState.GetFullErrorMessage()); if(change.Type == "insert") { _nwind.Orders.Add(order); } change.Data = order; } else if(change.Type == "remove") { _nwind.Orders.Remove(order); } } _nwind.SaveChanges(); return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, changes); } } }

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Data.Entity; namespace DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.Northwind { public class InMemoryNorthwindContext : InMemoryDataContext<Order> { readonly NorthwindContext _nwind = new NorthwindContext(); public DbSet<Customer> Customers => _nwind.Customers; public DbSet<Order_Detail> Order_Details => _nwind.Order_Details; public ICollection<Order> Orders => ItemsInternal; public DbSet<Shipper> Shippers => _nwind.Shippers; protected override IEnumerable<Order> Source => _nwind.Orders; protected override int GetKey(Order item) => item.OrderID; protected override void SetKey(Order item, int key) => item.OrderID = key; } }

#gridContainer { height: 440px; } .options { padding: 20px; margin-top: 20px; background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.15); } .caption { margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: 500; font-size: 18px; } .option { margin-bottom: 10px; } .option > span { position: relative; margin-right: 10px; } .option > div { display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; }

Component Properties

editing.editRowKey
The key for the row being edited.
editing.editColumnName
The name or data field of the column being edited.
editing.changes
Pending row changes.

You can get and set these properties at runtime to access and change edit state. In this demo, the onOptionChanged function gets editRowKey and changes property values and displays them under the DataGrid.

Utility Method

DevExpress.data.applyChanges(data, changes, options)
Applies an array of changes to a source data array.

Event Handlers

onSaving / onSaved
Functions that are called before / after pending row changes are saved via the UI or programmatically.
onEditCanceling / onEditCanceled
Functions that are called before / after editing is canceled and pending row changes are discarded.

Use these functions to perform custom actions. In this demo, the onSaving function sends pending changes to a server. The function's parameter e contains fields for this capability. To implement the same in your application, follow these steps:

Disable built-in edit state management
Set the e.cancel field to true.
Send a request to the server
Pending changes are stored in the e.changes array. This array has only a single element in all edit modes, except for batch. Check if this element is not empty and send it to the server.
Apply the same changes to a local array
If the server successfully saves changes, call the applyChanges method to save the same changes in a local array.
Update the DataGrid's data source and reset edit state
Assign the local array to the dataSource, null to the editRowKey, and an empty array to the changes property.