Cool Stuff, Editable Grid with Automatic Changes saved

This is ideal for checkboxes.  Placing a grid in .Batch(true) and .ServerOperation(false) allows the user to click on a cell to edit it's value.  Usually there is a "Save Changes" button they have to click to save all their changes.

In this solution we allow users to check or uncheck checkboxes - when they change the state of a checkbox, it updates the database automatically - no need to have the user click the save changes button.

Create a template column:

  c.Bound("ArticleIsMine").ClientTemplate("<input type='checkbox' #= ArticleIsMine? checked='checked': checked='' # class='chkbx' />");  

Add a change event to the grid's datasource:

  .DataSource(data => data.Ajax()  
      .Model( m =>  
    {  
      m.Id("Id");  
      m.Field(f => f.PubDate).Editable(false);  
      m.Field(f => f.Title).Editable(false);  
    })  
    .Events(e => e.Change("dataChange"))  

Add the JavaScript event and code for the template checkbox:

 $(document).ready(function () {  
     kendo.data.DataSource.prototype.options.autoSync = true;  
     $('#gvPubs').on('click', '.chkbx', function () {  
       var checked = $(this).is(':checked');  
       var g = $('#gvPubs').data().kendoGrid;  
       g.closeCell();  
       var dataItem = g.dataItem($(this).closest('tr'));  
       var col = $(this).closest('td');  
       g.editCell(col);  
       dataItem.set(g.columns[col.index()].field, checked);  
       g.closeCell(col);  
     });  

the sync call does the actual save:

  function dataChange(e) {  
     if (e.action == "itemchange") {  
       this.sync();  
     }  
   }  

The checkbox javascript code updates the in memory model with the new value of the control, the dataChange function saves the changes to the database (calls the grid's Update method).

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