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Using ag-grid with many rows and Autosave

I'm using ag-grid (javascript) to display a large amount of rows (about 3,000 or more) and allow the user to enter values and it should auto-save them as the user goes along. My current strategy is after detecting that a user makes a change to save the data for that row.
The problem I'm running into is detecting and getting the correct values after the user enters a value. The onCellKeyPress event doesn't get fired for Backaspace or Paste. However if I attach events directly to DOM fields to catch key presses, I don't know how to know what data the value is associated with. Can I use getDisplayedRowAtIndex or such to be able to reliably do this reliably? What is a good way to implement this?
EDIT: Additional detail
My current approach is to capture onCellEditingStopped and then getting the data from the event using event.data[event.column.colId]. Since I only get this event when the user moves to a different cell and not just if they finish typing I also handle the onCellKeyPress and get the data from event.event.target (since there is no event.data when handling this event). Here is where I run into a hard-to-reproduce problem that event.event.target is sometimes undefined.
I also looked at using forEachLeafNode method but it returns an error saying it isn't supported when using infinite row model. If I don't use infinite mode the load time is slow.

It looks like you can bind to the onCellKeyDown event. This is sometimes undefined because on first keydown the edit of agGrid will switch from the cell content to the cell editor. You can wrap this around to check if there is a cell value or cell textContent.
function onCellKeyDown(e) {
console.log('onCellKeyDown', e);
if(e.event.target.value) console.log(e.event.target.value)
else console.log(e.event.target.textContent)
}
See https://plnkr.co/edit/XhpVlMl7Jrr7QT4ftTAi?p=preview

As been pointed out in comments, onCellValueChanged might work, however
After a cell has been changed with default editing (i.e. not your own custom cell renderer), the cellValueChanged event is fired.
var gridOptions = {
rowData: null,
columnDefs: columnDefs,
defaultColDef: {
editable: true, // using default editor
width: 100
},
onCellEditingStarted: function(event) {
console.log('cellEditingStarted', event);
},
onCellEditingStopped: function(event) {
console.log('cellEditingStopped', event);
},
onCellValueChanged: function(event) {
console.log('cellValueChanged', event);
}
};
another option could be to craft your own editor and inject it into cells:
function MyCellEditor () {}
// gets called once before the renderer is used
MyCellEditor.prototype.init = function(params) {
this.eInput = document.createElement('input');
this.eInput.value = params.value;
console.log(params.charPress); // the string that started the edit, eg 'a' if letter a was pressed, or 'A' if shift + letter a
this.eInput.onkeypress = (e) => {console.log(e);} // check your keypress here
};
// gets called once when grid ready to insert the element
MyCellEditor.prototype.getGui = function() {
return this.eInput;
};
// focus and select can be done after the gui is attached
MyCellEditor.prototype.afterGuiAttached = function() {
this.eInput.focus();
this.eInput.select();
};
MyCellEditor.prototype.onKeyDown = (e) => console.log(e);
// returns the new value after editing
MyCellEditor.prototype.getValue = function() {
return this.eInput.value;
};
//// then, register it with your grid:
var gridOptions = {
rowData: null,
columnDefs: columnDefs,
components: {
myEditor: MyCellEditor,
},
defaultColDef: {
editable: true,
cellEditor: 'myEditor',
width: 100
},
onCellEditingStarted: function(event) {
console.log('cellEditingStarted', event);
},
onCellEditingStopped: function(event) {
console.log('cellEditingStopped', event);
}
};

CKEditor put focus on html type dialog

I'm trying to create a select dialog that supports optgroup. The built in 'select' dialog doesn't handle that so I'm using the 'html' type dialog. It's working fine, but I'd like to put the focus on that select box when the dialog opens.
I've tried various things, but I can't get it to work. I'm wondering if I need to override getInputElement() and have it return the select element so I can call focus() on it, but I have no idea how to do that.
I also tried selecting the element with jQuery and using its focus() method, but that doesn't work.

I found that I can define a focus() function on the dialog element and in there make the appropriate call to the jQuery .focus().
CKEDITOR.dialog.add( 'myDialog', function( editor ) {
"use strict";
return {
title: 'Custom Dialog',
contents: [
{
id: 'tab-basic',
elements: [
{
type: 'html',
id: 'mealplan_select',
html: '<select id="my-select"></select>',
focus: function() {
$('#my-select').focus();
},
onShow: function() {
// focus this element
this.getInputElement().focus();
}
}
]
}
]
};
});

Remove from a ComboBox a parameter in extjs 3.4

I want to remove a parameter from the store of a comboBox before it shows to the user, I know more or less how to do it but it´s not working properly, any one could give some solution? Maybe I need to select an specific event, but I tried with all the events that make sense and didn´t work, Here is the code:
var combo = fwk.ctrl.form.ComboBox({
storeConfig: {
url: app.bo.type.type_find
,fields: ['id', 'code']
}
,comboBoxConfig:{
triggerAction: 'all'
,allowBlank:false
}
});
combo.on('beforeshow', function() {
combo.store.removeAt(2);
});
Thank you very much!!!

Try removing it inside 'afterRender' event,
sample code:
listeners: {
'afterrender': function(comboRef) {
comboRef.store.removeAt(2);
}
}

Here you have the solution,
combo.getStore().load({
callback: function (r, options, success) {
if (success) {
combo.store.removeAt(2);
}
}
});
Is necessary to change it before the load of the store because first is painted the combobox and then is charged with the store data I was erasing data in a empty store.

ExtJS 4.2.1 resetting Stores on ViewChange

in my ExtJS application I want to reset the stores when I change the page.
Which means I don't want any filters, groupings or listener from any old view/page.
Currentyl I am setting the store of my view like this:
{
xtype: 'admingrid',
...
columns: [
...
],
store: 'appname.store.administration.User'
}
I am loading the store like that:
onAfterRender: function() {
//load all users
this.setUserStore(this.getUserGrid().getStore());
this.getUserStore().load();
},
and in some cases like this:
onAfterRender: function() {
//load all users
this.setUserStore(Ext.StoreManager.lookup('appname.store.administration.User'));
this.getUserStore().load();
},
all my my pages extends my Base view and so I thought I just do something like this:
Ext.define("appname.view.Base", {
extend: 'Ext.panel.Panel',
ui: 'basepanel',
padding: 15,
contentPaddingProperty: 'padding',
listeners: {
beforedestroy: function() {
Ext.StoreManager.each(function (item, index, len) {
item.clearFilter(true); // param: suppressEvent
item.clearGrouping();
item.clearListeners(); // this will also remove managed listeners
});
}
}
});
this will cause that the grid is sometimes empty when I am entering the view the first time... I don't understand why.. when I am entering the view the second or sometimes the third time it does show the grid with the entries..
Is there a common way to accomplish such a thing? What I am doing wrong? I don't understand why this is happening.

Just clear the store if it's present in your afterrender event. That way, you'll re-use the store and just clear it.
So in your afterrender, use StoreManager to lookup the store. If its present, it's been created before and you can clear it.
var store = Ext.StoreManager.lookup('storeid');
if(store) {
store.clearFilter(true);
store.clearGrouping();
}
This will clear the store whenever it's present.

jqGrid with an editable checkbox column

When using jqGrid how do you force a cell to load in its editable view on page load as well as when it is clicked?
If you set up 'cell editing' like below, the check box only appears when you click on the cell.
{ name: 'MyCol', index: 'MyCol', editable:true, edittype:'checkbox', editoptions: { value:"True:False" },
cellEdit:true,
Also on clicking checkbox, is there a way of sending a AJAX post to server instantly rather than having to rely on the user pressing enter?

To allow the checkboxes to always be click-able, use the checkbox formatter's disabled property:
{ name: 'MyCol', index: 'MyCol',
editable:true, edittype:'checkbox', editoptions: { value:"True:False"},
formatter: "checkbox", formatoptions: {disabled : false} , ...
To answer your second question, you will have to setup an event handler for the checkboxes, such that when one is clicked a function is called to, for example, send an AJAX POST to the server. Here is some example code to get you started. You can add this to the loadComplete event:
// Assuming check box is your only input field:
jQuery(".jqgrow td input").each(function(){
jQuery(this).click(function(){
// POST your data here...
});
});

This is an old one but has a lot of view so I decided to add my solution here too.
I'm making use of the .delegate function of JQuery to create a late binding implementation that will free you from the obligation of using the loadComplete event.
Just add the following:
$(document).delegate('#myGrid .jqgrow td input', 'click', function () { alert('aaa'); });
This will late bind that handler to every checkbox that's on the grid rows.
You may have a problem here if you have more than one checkbox column.

I had the same problem and I suppose that I found a good solution to handle checkbox click immediately. The main idea is to trigger editCell method when user clicks on the non-editable checkbox. Here is the code:
jQuery(".jqgrow td").find("input:checkbox").live('click', function(){
var iRow = $("#grid").getInd($(this).parent('td').parent('tr').attr('id'));
var iCol = $(this).parent('td').parent('tr').find('td').index($(this).parent('td'));
//I use edit-cell class to differ editable and non-editable checkbox
if(!$(this).parent('td').hasClass('edit-cell')){
//remove "checked" from non-editable checkbox
$(this).attr('checked',!($(this).attr('checked')));
jQuery("#grid").editCell(iRow,iCol,true);
}
});
Except this, you should define events for your grid:
afterEditCell: function(rowid, cellname, value, iRow, iCol){
//I use cellname, but possibly you need to apply it for each checkbox
if(cellname == 'locked'){
//add "checked" to editable checkbox
$("#grid").find('tr:eq('+iRow+') td:eq('+iCol+') input:checkbox').attr('checked',!($("#regions").find('tr:eq('+iRow+') td:eq('+iCol+') input:checkbox').attr('checked')));
//trigger request
jQuery("#grid").saveCell(iRow,iCol);
}
},
afterSaveCell: function(rowid, cellname, value, iRow, iCol){
if(cellname == 'locked'){
$("#grid").find('tr:eq('+iRow+') td:eq('+iCol+')').removeClass('edit-cell');
}
},
Then your checkbox will send edit requests every time when user clicks on it.

I have one submit function that sends all grid rows to webserver.
I resolved this problem using this code:
var checkboxFix = [];
$("#jqTable td[aria-describedby='columnId'] input").each(function () {
checkboxFix.push($(this).attr('checked'));
});
Then I mixed with values got from the code below.
$("#jqTable").jqGrid('getGridParam', 'data');
I hope it helps someone.

I had shared a full code at the link below, you can take a look if you need it.
http://www.trirand.com/blog/?page_id=393/bugs/celledit-checkbox-needs-an-enter-pressed-for-saving-state/#p23968

Better solution:
<script type="text/javascript">
var boxUnformat = function ( cellvalue, options, cell ) { return '-1'; },
checkboxTemplate = {width:40, editable:true,
edittype: "checkbox", align: "center", unformat: boxUnformat,
formatter: "checkbox", editoptions: {"value": "Yes:No"},
formatoptions: { disabled: false }};
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$(document).on('change', 'input[type="checkbox"]', function(e){
var td = $(this).parent(), tr = $(td).parent(),
checked = $(this).attr('checked'),
ids = td.attr('aria-describedby').split('_'),
grid = $('#'+ids[0]),
iRow = grid.getInd(tr.attr('id'));
iCol = tr.find('td').index(td);
grid.editCell(iRow,iCol,true);
$('input[type="checkbox"]',td).attr('checked',!checked);
grid.saveCell(iRow,iCol);
});
});
</script>
In your colModel:
...
{name:'allowAccess', template: checkboxTemplate},
...