Arrays and CollectionViews (React)

When you set the grid's itemsSource property to a regular JavaScript array, it automatically creates an internal CollectionView and uses that as a data source so it can provide sorting and editing features without forcing you to create a CollectionView yourself. This internal view is exposed by the grid's CollectionView property, and you can use it to in case you need the extra functionality yourself. For example, the grid below is bound to a regular array, and the grid's collectionView property is used to show the currently selected item.

Learn about FlexGrid | Arrays and CollectionViews Documentation | FlexGrid API Reference

This example uses React.

import 'bootstrap.css'; import '@grapecity/wijmo.styles/wijmo.css'; import './app.css'; // import * as React from 'react'; import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'; import { FlexGrid, FlexGridColumn } from '@grapecity/wijmo.react.grid'; import { format, SortDescription } from "@grapecity/wijmo"; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.state = { data: this.getData(), selectedItem: "" }; } render() { return <div className="container-fluid"> <p dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: this.state.selectedItem }}/> <FlexGrid initialized={this.flexInitialized.bind(this)} itemsSource={this.state.data}> <FlexGridColumn header="Country" binding="country" width="2*"/> <FlexGridColumn header="Sales" binding="sales" width="*" format="n2"/> <FlexGridColumn header="Expenses" binding="expenses" width="*" format="n2"/> </FlexGrid> </div>; } flexInitialized(flexgrid) { this.flex = flexgrid; // sort the data by country let sd = new SortDescription("country", true); flexgrid.collectionView.sortDescriptions.push(sd); flexgrid.collectionView.currentChanged.addHandler(this.updateCurrentInfo.bind(this)); this.updateCurrentInfo(); } updateCurrentInfo() { this.setState({ selectedItem: format("Country: <b>{country}</b>, Sales: <b>{sales:c0}</b> Expenses: <b>{expenses:c0}</b>", this.flex.collectionView.currentItem) }); } getData() { // create some random data let countries = "US,Germany,UK,Japan,Italy,Greece".split(","), data = []; for (let i = 0; i < countries.length; i++) { data.push({ id: i, country: countries[i], sales: Math.random() * 10000, expenses: Math.random() * 5000 }); } return data; } } setTimeout(() => { const container = document.getElementById('app'); if (container) { const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container); root.render(<App />); } }, 100);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>GrapeCity Wijmo Data Binding Basic</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> System.import('./src/app'); </script> </head> <body> <div id="app"></div> </body> </html>
.wj-flexgrid { height: 400px; margin: 6px 0; }
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