Virtualization

The main job of the FlexGrid is to convert JavaScript data objects into DOM elements that the user can interact with. In many cases, the data consists of large arrays with many thousands of items. Creating DOM elements for each of these items would make for large and slow pages. Virtualization is the process of keeping track of which portions of the data are visible and rendering only those parts. This reduces the number of DOM elements in the document tree and improves performance dramatically. The FlexGrid exposes the visible part of the data through the viewRange property. Whenever the user resizes the screen or scrolls the grid, the viewRange is updated and the grid updates its child DOM elements.

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import 'bootstrap.css'; import '@mescius/wijmo.styles/wijmo.css'; import './styles.css'; import { FlexGrid } from '@mescius/wijmo.grid'; document.readyState === 'complete' ? init() : window.onload = init; function init() { // start with a small data set var data = getData(100); // initialize the grid var rowCount = document.getElementById('rowCount'); var cellCount = document.getElementById('cellCount'); var theGrid = new FlexGrid('#theGrid', { itemsSource: data, updatedView: function (s, e) { rowCount.textContent = s.rows.length; cellCount.textContent = s.hostElement.querySelectorAll('.wj-cell').length; }, scrollPositionChanged: function (s, e) { // if we're close to the bottom, add 20 items if (s.viewRange.bottomRow >= s.rows.length - 1) { let view = s.collectionView; let index = view.currentPosition; // keep position in case the view is sorted addData(data, 20); view.refresh(); view.currentPosition = index; } } }); // get an array with random data function getData(cnt, start) { var data = []; var countries = 'USA,Germany,UK,Japan,Italy,Greece'.split(','); if (!start) start = 0; for (var i = 0; i < cnt; i++) { data.push({ id: i + start, country: countries[i % countries.length], date: new Date(2014, i % 12, i % 28), amount: Math.random() * 10000, active: i % 4 === 0 }); } return data; } // add random data to an array function addData(data, cnt) { var more = getData(cnt, data.length); for (var i = 0; i < more.length; i++) { data.push(more[i]); } } }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>MESCIUS Wijmo FlexGrid Virtualization</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.21.5/system.src.js" integrity="sha512-skZbMyvYdNoZfLmiGn5ii6KmklM82rYX2uWctBhzaXPxJgiv4XBwJnFGr5k8s+6tE1pcR1nuTKghozJHyzMcoA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> System.import('./src/app'); </script> </head> <body> <div class="container-fluid"> <div id="theGrid"></div> <p> The grid now has <span id='rowCount'></span> rows and <span id='cellCount'></span> cell elements. </p> </div> </body> </html>
.wj-flexgrid { height: 250px; margin: 6px 0px; } #rowCount, #cellCount { font-weight: bold; } body { margin-bottom: 24pt; }
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