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Inline Editing
Enable Inline Editing on a Grid
To enable inline editing on a grid:
- Navigate to the datagrid.yml file.
- 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
- 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 |