Inline Editing

Enable Inline Editing on a Grid

To enable inline editing on a grid:

  1. Navigate to the datagrid.yml file.
  2. Add the following lines to the datagrid configuration:
datagrids:
    {grid-uid}:
        # <grid configuration> goes here
        inline_editing:
            enable: true
        save_api_accessor:
            http_method: PATCH
            route: oro_account_update
  1. 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

The {id} is 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 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 the 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 the provided values; allows choosing several 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 the 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 the autocomplete search function; allows 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