jQuery Grid Editing Custom Editor

In numerous scenarios there's a requirement not only to visualize data in a table structure, but to have the ability to manipulate this data and save changes.

The Kendo UI grid widget supports data editing operations (create, update, destroy) via a simple configuration of its data source. All you have to do to enable data editing capabilities for the widget is to:

• set the grid's editable configuration option
• declare field definitions through the DataSource schema
• configure the DataSource for performing CRUD data operations defining its transport->create/update/destroy attributes

If you want to enable new records insertion, you can do that by enabling the relevant option in the grid toolbar. For deleting items you need to include a delete command column.

This sample demonstrates how to set a custom editor (Kendo UI dropdown list in this case) as grid column editor by specifying the Category column's editor field. The value of this field points to a JavaScript function which instantiates the column editor for the corresponding column cells.

Important: If the usage of operations such as sorting, filtering and grouping is required in combination with a DropDownList editor, please check the ForeignKey Column demo.

More details about the grid editing capabilities can be found in the documentation here.