In this article I will explain with an example, how to make a
WebGrid row
Clickable using
jQuery in
ASP.Net MVC Razor.
A
Client Side click event handler will be attached to the
WebGrid row using
jQuery and thus when the
WebGrid row is clicked, it will redirect to another View in
ASP.Net MVC Razor.
Database
Here I am making use of Microsoft’s Northwind Database. You can download it from here.
Entity Framework Model
Once the
Entity Framework is configured and connected to the database table, the Model will look as shown below.
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Controller
The Controller consists of following Action methods.
Action method for handling GET operation of Index View
The
Entity Framework is now configured and hence now we can create a Controller and write code to fetch the records from the
Customers Table of the
Northwind Database.
Inside the Index Action method, the Customer records are fetched using
Entity Framework and returned to the View.
Action method for handling GET operation of Details View
Inside this Action method, the value of the
CustomerId is fetched from the
RouteData collection and is used to fetch the Customer’s record using
Entity Framework.
Finally, the Customer’s record is returned to the View.
public class HomeController : Controller
{
// GET: Home
public ActionResult Index()
{
NorthwindEntities entities = new NorthwindEntities();
return View(entities.Customers.ToList());
}
public ActionResult Details()
{
string customerId = RouteData.Values["id"].ToString();
NorthwindEntities entities = new NorthwindEntities();
return View(entities.Customers.Find(customerId));
}
}
Index View
Inside the Index View, in the very first line the Customer Entity is declared as IEnumerable which specifies that the Model will be available as a Collection.
The
WebGrid is initialized with the Model i.e.
IEnumerable collection of
Customer Entity class objects as source.
The
WebGrid is created using the
GetHtml method with the following parameters.
HtmlAttributes – It is used to set the
HTML attributes to the
HTML Table generated by
WebGrid such as ID, Name, Class, etc.
Columns - It is used to specify the columns to be displayed in
WebGrid and also allows to set specific
Header Text for the columns.
A Client Side click event handler will be attached to the
WebGrid row using
jQuery and thus when the
WebGrid row is clicked, it will redirect to the Details View in
ASP.Net MVC Razor.
@model IEnumerable<WebGrid_Row_Clickable_MVC.Customer>
@{
Layout = null;
WebGrid webGrid = new WebGrid(source: Model, canSort: false);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; }
.Grid { border: 1px solid #ccc; border-collapse: collapse; }
.Grid th { background-color: #F7F7F7; font-weight: bold; }
.Grid th, .Grid td { padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc; }
.Grid, .Grid table td { border: 0px solid #ccc; }
.Grid th a, .Grid th a:visited { color: #333; }
.Grid .row:hover td { background-color: gold; cursor: pointer; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
@webGrid.GetHtml(
rowStyle: "row",
alternatingRowStyle: "row",
htmlAttributes: new { @id = "WebGrid", @class = "Grid" },
columns: webGrid.Columns(
webGrid.Column("CustomerID", "Customer Id"),
webGrid.Column("ContactName", "Customer Name"),
webGrid.Column("City", "City"),
webGrid.Column("Country", "Country")
))
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("body").on("click", "#WebGrid td", function () {
var customerId = $(this).closest("tr").find("td:first").html();
window.location = "/Home/Details/" + customerId;
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Details View
Inside the Details View, in the very first line the Customer Entity is declared as Model for the View. The details of the Customer is displayed using the Html.DisplayFor helper method.
@model WebGrid_Row_Clickable_MVC.Customer
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Details</title>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="width: 65px"><b>@Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Address):</b></td>
<td>
@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Address)
<br />
@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.City),
@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.PostalCode)
<br />
@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Country)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Mapping Routes for the Details View
You will need to map a route for the Details View by making use of the MapRoute function as shown below.
This is necessary as otherwise the Routing won’t work for the
Details View when the ActionLink in
WebGrid is clicked.
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Details",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Details", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
Screenshot
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