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Inline Editing

Enable Inline Editing on a Grid

To enable inline editing on a grid, do the following:

  • Go to the datagrid yml

  • Add the following lines into the datagrid configuration

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        inline_editing:
            enable: true
        save_api_accessor:
            http_method: PATCH
            route: oro_account_update
  • Open the corresponding page, all the columns for which the frontend type supports inline editing will become editable

Datagrid Configuration Details

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        inline_editing:
            enable: true
            acl_resource: custom_acl_resource
            entity_name: Oro\Bundle\UserBundle\Entity\User
            behaviour: enable_all
            plugin: orodatagrid/js/app/plugins/grid/inline-editing-plugin
            default_editors: orodatagrid/js/default-editors
            cell_editor:
                component: orodatagrid/js/app/components/cell-popup-editor-component
                component_options:
                    {key}: {value}
            save_api_accessor:
                # api accessor options
                {key}: {value}

Options name

Default value

Description

enable

false

Marks or unmarks this column as editable. The behavior depends on main inline_editing.behavior: enable_all - false will disable editing this cell. enable_selected - true will enable editing this cell.

acl_resource

Enables inline editing if access granted to specified resource. By default is checked EDIT permission to specified entity

entity_name

Entity class name for saving data. By default it tries to get value from extended_entity_name

behavior

enable_all

Specifies the way to enable the inline editing. Possible values: enable_all - (default). this will enable inline editing where possible. enable_selected - disable by default, enable only on configured cells

plugin

orodatagrid/js/app/plugins/grid/inline-editing-plugin

Specifies the plugin realization

default_editors

orodatagrid/js/default-editors

Specifies default editors for front-end types

cell_editor

{component: 'orodatagrid/js/app/components/cell-popup-editor-component'}

Specifies default cell_editor_component and their options

save_api_accessor

{class: 'oroui/js/tools/api-accessor'}

Required. Describes the way to send update request. Please see documentation for oroui/js/tools/api-accessor

Sample usage of the save_api_accessor with full options provided

save_api_accessor:
    route: oro_opportunity_task_update # for example this route uses following mask
        # to generate url /api/opportunity/{opportunity_id}/tasks/{id}
    http_method: POST
    headers:
        Api-Secret: ANS2DFN33KASD4F6OEV7M8
    default_route_parameters:
        opportunity_id: 23
    action: patch
    query_parameter_names: [action]

Result of the combined options: /api/opportunity/23/tasks/{id}?action=patch

Please note that {id} will be taken from the current row in the grid.

Column Configuration Options

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        columns:
            {column-name}:
                inline_editing:
                    enable: true
                    save_api_accessor:
                        # see main save_api_accessor, additonally supports field_name option
                        # which allows to override field name that sent to server
                        # {<field_name>: <new_value>}
                    editor:
                        component: my-bundle/js/app/components/cell-editor-component
                        component_options:
                            {key}: {value}
                        view: my-bundle/js/app/views/my-cell-editor-view
                        view_options:
                            {key}: {value}
                    autocomplete_api_accessor:
                        # configure autocomplete api accessor
                        # for example
                        # class: oroui/js/tools/search-api-accessor

Options name

Default value

Description

enable

Marks or unmarks this column as editable. The behavior depends on main inline_editing.behavior: enable_all - false will disable editing this cell. enable_selected - true will enable editing this cell.

save_api_accessor

Allows to override default api accessor for the whole grid. Please see documentation for oroui/js/tools/api-accessor for details

editor.component

Allows to override component used to display view and specified in datagrid.{grid-uid}.inline_editing.cell_editor.component

editor.component_options

{}

Specifies options to pass into the cell editor component

editor.view

Defines view that used to render cell-editor. By default, this view is selected using datagrid.{grid-uid}.inline_editing.default_editors file.

editor.view_options

{}

Specifies options to pass into the cell editor view

autocomplete_api_accessor

Allow use autocomplete to fill select2 edit form

Frontend Special Types

frontend_type: select - simple choice from provided values

Example:

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        columns:
            {column-name}:
                frontend_type: select
                inline_editing:
                    enable: true
                    editor:
                        view: oroform/js/app/views/editor/select-editor-view
                    autocomplete_api_accessor:
                        class: oroui/js/tools/search-api-accessor
                choices: # can be used service as data provider @service->getDataMethod
                    {key}: {value}

frontend_type: multi-select - simple choice from provided values allow choose few values

Example:

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        columns:
            {column-name}:
                frontend_type: multi-select
                inline_editing:
                    enable: true
                    editor:
                        view: oroform/js/app/views/editor/multi-select-editor-view
                    autocomplete_api_accessor:
                        class: oroui/js/tools/search-api-accessor
                choices: # can be used service as data provider @service->getDataMethod
                    {key}: {value}

frontend_type: relation - select2 type with autocomplete search function

Example:

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        columns:
            {column-name}:
                frontend_type: relation
                inline_editing:
                    enable: true
                    editor:
                        view: oroform/js/app/views/editor/related-id-relation-editor-view
                    autocomplete_api_accessor:
                        class: oroui/js/tools/search-api-accessor

frontend_type: multi-relation - select2 type with autocomplete search function and allow multiple choices

Example:

datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        columns:
            {column-name}:
                frontend_type: multi-relation
                inline_editing:
                    enable: true
                    editor:
                        view: oroform/js/app/views/editor/multi-relation-editor-view
                    autocomplete_api_accessor:
                        class: oroui/js/tools/search-api-accessor

Mapping Default Frontend Type and Editor

Frontend type

Editor view

string

TextEditorView

phone

TextEditorView

datetime

DatetimeEditorView

date

DateEditorView

currency

NumberEditorView

number

NumberEditorView

integer

NumberEditorView

decimal

NumberEditorView

percent

PercentEditorView

select

SelectEditorView

multi-select

MultiSelectEditorView

relation

RelatedIdRelationEditorView

multi-relation

MultiRelationEditorView

Taken from default-editors.

Supported Editors

Editor

Description

TextEditorView

Editing text/phone cells

NumberEditorView

Editing number/integer/decimal/currency cells

PercentEditorView

Editing percent cells

DateEditorView

Editing date cells

DatetimeEditorView

Editing datetime cells

SelectEditorView

Editing select cells (predefined choices)

RelatedIdSelectEditorView

Editing cells which already contain label (and no value) using predefined choices

RelatedIdRelationEditorView

Editing cells which already contain label (and no value) using search api

MultiRelationEditorView

Editing cells with specific format, for many to one relations

MultiSelectEditorView

Editing cells with specific format, for multiselect field