Multi-Range Selection (Angular)

Set FlexGrid's selectionMode property to MultiRange to enable Excel-style multi-range selection. Users will be able to select multiple ranges by ctrl-clicking and dragging on the grid.

The sample shows how you can provide Excel-style dynamic data summaries for the current selection (regular or multi-range) and how to export selected ranges to CSV files.

Note that clipboard and export commands only work for multi-range selections if all selected ranges refer to the same column range or to the same row range. (Excel also behaves this way.)

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, ViewChild, ɵresolveComponentResources } from '@angular/core'; import { BrowserModule, bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { WjGridModule } from '@mescius/wijmo.angular2.grid'; import { glbz, format, isNumber, saveFile } from '@mescius/wijmo'; import { FlexGrid, CellRange } from '@mescius/wijmo.grid'; // object used to compute range statistics interface ITally { cnt: number; cntAll: number; sum: number; avg: number; } @Component({ standalone: true, imports: [WjGridModule, BrowserModule], selector: 'app-component', templateUrl: 'src/app.component.html', }) export class AppComponent { data: any[]; // DataSvc will be passed by derived classes constructor() { this.data = this._getData(); } // reference to grid component @ViewChild('grid', { static: true }) grid: FlexGrid; // update aggregates when selection changes selectionChanged() { // calculate aggregates let tally: ITally = { cnt: 0, cntAll: 0, sum: 0, avg: 0 }, ranges = this.grid.selectedRanges; for (let i = 0; i < ranges.length; i++) { this.aggregateRange(tally, this.grid, ranges, i); } // update the display using template literals let msg = tally.cnt > 1 ? glbz`Count: <b>${tally.cntAll}:n0</b>\tAverage: <b>${tally.avg}:g4\tSum: <b>${tally.sum}:g4</b>` : tally.cntAll > 1 ? glbz`Count: <b>${tally.cntAll}:n0</b>` : 'Ready'; // update the display using wijmo.format //let msg = (tally.cnt > 1) // ? format('Count: <b>{cntAll:n0}</b>\tAverage: <b>{avg:g4}</b>\tSum: <b>{sum:g4}</b>', tally) // : (tally.cntAll > 1) // ? format('Count: <b>{cntAll:n0}</b>', tally) // : 'Ready'; // show the result document.getElementById('mr-aggregates').innerHTML = msg; } // update aggregates for a range, accounting for overlapping ranges aggregateRange(tally: ITally, grid: FlexGrid, ranges: CellRange[], index: number) { let rng = ranges[index]; for (let r = rng.topRow; r <= rng.bottomRow; r++) { for (let c = rng.leftCol; c <= rng.rightCol; c++) { // account for overlapping ranges let overlapped = false; for (let i = 0; i < index && !overlapped; i++) { let rng = ranges[i]; if (rng.contains(r, c)) { overlapped = true; } } // tally non-overlapped cells if (!overlapped) { let data = grid.getCellData(r, c, false); if (isNumber(data)) { // handle numbers tally.cnt++; tally.sum += data; } if (data !== '' && data !== null) { // handle non-empty cells tally.cntAll++; } } } } tally.avg = tally.cnt > 0 ? tally.sum / tally.cnt : 0; } // export grid or selection to CSV exportGridToCsv(selection: boolean) { let rng = selection ? null // selection plus extended ranges : new CellRange(0, 0, this.grid.rows.length - 1, this.grid.columns.length - 1); let csv = this.grid.getClipString(rng, true, true); saveFile(csv, selection ? 'FlexGridSelection.csv' : 'FlexGrid.csv', 'text/csv'); } // create some random data private _getData() { let data = []; let countries = 'Austria,Belgium,Chile,Denmark,Finland,Japan,UK'.split(','); for (let i = 0; i < 300; i++) { data.push({ id: i, from: countries[i % countries.length], to: countries[(i + 1) % countries.length], sales: Math.random() * 10000, expenses: Math.random() * 5000, amount: Math.random() * 10000, extra: Math.random() * 10000, }); } return data; } } 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)); });
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<main class="container-fluid"> <wj-flex-grid #grid [alternatingRowStep]="0" [showMarquee]="true" [anchorCursor]="true" [selectionMode]="'MultiRange'" [showSelectedHeaders]="'All'" [itemsSource]="data" (selectionChanged)="selectionChanged()"> </wj-flex-grid> <pre id="mr-aggregates">Ready</pre> <button class="btn btn-primary" (click)="exportGridToCsv(false)"> Export Whole Grid </button> &nbsp; <button id="btn-csv-sel" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="exportGridToCsv(true)"> Export Selection </button> </main>
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