Excel-Style Quick-Editing (Angular)

The FlexGrid control supports quick editing by default. If you select a cell and start typing, the grid will automatically switch into edit mode so you can edit cells as you would in Excel.

As in Excel, 'quick-edit' mode allows users to finish editing using the arrow keys to move on to the next cell (in full-edit mode the arrows move the selection within the editor). The F2 key toggles the edit mode between quick and full modes.

If you want to disable quick editing, the easiest way is to handle the beginninEdit event and set the cancel parameter to true if the source event was a 'keypress'. The grid below demonstrates:

Learn about FlexGrid | FlexGrid API Reference

This example uses Angular.

import 'bootstrap.css'; import '@mescius/wijmo.styles/wijmo.css'; import './styles.css'; import '@angular/compiler'; import { Component, enableProdMode, Inject, ɵresolveComponentResources } from '@angular/core'; import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; import { BrowserModule, bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { WjGridModule } from '@mescius/wijmo.angular2.grid'; import * as wjcGrid from '@mescius/wijmo.grid'; import { DataService } from './app.data'; @Component({ standalone: true, providers: [DataService], imports: [WjGridModule, FormsModule, BrowserModule], selector: 'app-component', templateUrl: 'src/app.component.html' }) export class AppComponent { data: any[]; quickEdit: boolean = true; // DataSvc will be passed by derived classes constructor(@Inject(DataService) dataSvc: DataService) { this.data = dataSvc.getData(); } initializeGrid(flex: wjcGrid.FlexGrid) { flex.beginningEdit.addHandler((s: wjcGrid.FlexGrid, e: wjcGrid.CellRangeEventArgs) => { if (e.data && e.data.type == 'keypress' && !this.quickEdit) { e.cancel = true; } }); } } enableProdMode(); // Resolve resources (templateUrl, styleUrls etc), After resolution all URLs have been converted into `template` strings. ɵresolveComponentResources(fetch).then(() => { // Bootstrap application bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch(err => console.error(err)); });
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>MESCIUS Wijmo FlexGrid Quick Editing</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- Polyfills --> <script src="node_modules/core-js/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="node_modules/zone.js/fesm2015/zone.min.js"></script> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.21.5/system.src.js" integrity="sha512-skZbMyvYdNoZfLmiGn5ii6KmklM82rYX2uWctBhzaXPxJgiv4XBwJnFGr5k8s+6tE1pcR1nuTKghozJHyzMcoA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> // workaround to load 'rxjs/operators' from the rxjs bundle System.import('rxjs').then(function (m) { System.set(SystemJS.resolveSync('rxjs/operators'), System.newModule(m.operators)); System.import('./src/app.component'); }); </script> </head> <body> <app-component></app-component> </body> </html>
<div class="container-fluid"> <label> Allow Quick-Editing <input [(ngModel)]="quickEdit" type="checkbox" checked="true"> </label> <!-- the grid --> <wj-flex-grid #flex [(itemsSource)]="data" (initialized)="initializeGrid(flex)"> </wj-flex-grid> </div>
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'; @Injectable() export class DataService { getData(): any[] { let countries = 'US,Germany,UK,Japan,Italy,Greece'.split(','), data = []; for (let i = 0; i < 200; i++) { data.push({ id: i, country: countries[i % countries.length], active: i % 5 != 0, downloads: Math.round(Math.random() * 200000), sales: Math.random() * 100000, expenses: Math.random() * 50000 }); } return data; } }
.wj-flexgrid { max-height: 250px; margin-bottom: 12px; } .header { display: inline-block; width: 150px; text-align: right; font-weight: normal; }
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