DxGrid.EditNewRowPosition Property

Specifies the position of the edit form used to create new rows.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

[DefaultValue(GridEditNewRowPosition.Top)]
[Parameter]
public GridEditNewRowPosition EditNewRowPosition { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
GridEditNewRowPosition	Top	A GridEditNewRowPosition enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
Top	The Grid displays the edit form at the top.
Bottom	The Grid displays the edit form at the bottom.

Remarks

When a user creates a new row in EditForm mode, the edit form appears at the top of the Grid. Set the EditNewRowPosition property to GridEditNewRowPosition.Bottom to display the edit form at the bottom of the Grid.

This property has no effect when the EditMode property is set to GridEditMode.PopupEditForm.

Tip

For information on how to enable data editing and use edit-related options, refer to the following topic: Editing and Validation in Blazor Grid.

Razor

@using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
@inject IDbContextFactory<NorthwindContext> NorthwindContextFactory
@implements IDisposable

<DxGrid Data="GridDataSource"
        EditModelSaving="OnEditModelSaving"
        DataItemDeleting="OnDataItemDeleting"
        KeyFieldName="EmployeeId"
        EditNewRowPosition="GridEditNewRowPosition.Bottom">
    <Columns>
        <DxGridCommandColumn />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="FirstName" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="LastName" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="Title" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="HireDate" />
    </Columns>
    <EditFormTemplate Context="editFormContext">
        <DxFormLayout>
            <DxFormLayoutItem Caption="First Name:">
                @editFormContext.GetEditor("FirstName")
            </DxFormLayoutItem>
            <DxFormLayoutItem Caption="Last Name:">
                @editFormContext.GetEditor("LastName")
            </DxFormLayoutItem>
            <DxFormLayoutItem Caption="Title:">
                @editFormContext.GetEditor("Title")
            </DxFormLayoutItem>
            <DxFormLayoutItem Caption="Hire Date:">
                @editFormContext.GetEditor("HireDate")
            </DxFormLayoutItem>
        </DxFormLayout>
    </EditFormTemplate>
</DxGrid>

@code {
    IEnumerable<object> GridDataSource { get; set; }
    NorthwindContext Northwind { get; set; }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
        Northwind = NorthwindContextFactory.CreateDbContext();
        GridDataSource = await Northwind.Employees.ToListAsync();
    }

    async Task OnEditModelSaving(GridEditModelSavingEventArgs e) {
        var editModel = (Employee)e.EditModel;
        // Re-query a data item from the database.
        var dataItem = e.IsNew ? new Employee() : Northwind.Employees.Find(editModel.EmployeeId);
        // Assign changes from the edit model to the data item.
        if (dataItem != null) {
            dataItem.FirstName = editModel.FirstName;
            dataItem.LastName = editModel.LastName;
            dataItem.Title = editModel.Title;
            dataItem.HireDate = editModel.HireDate;
            // Post changes to the database.
            if (e.IsNew)
                await Northwind.AddAsync(dataItem);
            await Northwind.SaveChangesAsync();
            // Reload the entire Grid.
            GridDataSource = await Northwind.Employees.ToListAsync();
        }
    }

    async Task OnDataItemDeleting(GridDataItemDeletingEventArgs e) {
        // Re-query a data item from the database.
        var dataItem = Northwind.Employees.Find((e.DataItem as Employee).EmployeeId);
        if (dataItem != null) {
            // Remove the data item from the database.
            Northwind.Remove(dataItem);
            await Northwind.SaveChangesAsync();
            // Reload the entire Grid.
            GridDataSource = await Northwind.Employees.ToListAsync();
        }
    }

    public void Dispose() {
        Northwind?.Dispose();
    }
}

Employee

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace Grid.Northwind {
    public partial class Employee {
        public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string TitleOfCourtesy { get; set; }
        public Nullable<System.DateTime> BirthDate { get; set; }
        [Required]
        [Range(typeof(DateTime), "1/1/2000", "1/1/2020",
        ErrorMessage = "HireDate must be between {1:d} and {2:d}")]
        public Nullable<System.DateTime> HireDate { get; set; }
        public string Address { get; set; }
        public string City { get; set; }
        public string Region { get; set; }
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
        public string Country { get; set; }
        public string HomePhone { get; set; }
        public string Extension { get; set; }
        public byte[] Photo { get; set; }
        public string Notes { get; set; }
        public Nullable<int> ReportsTo { get; set; }
        public string PhotoPath { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<Order> Orders { get; set; }
        public string Text => $"{FirstName} {LastName} ({Title})";
        public string ImageFileName => $"Employees/{EmployeeId}.jpg";
    }
}

NorthwindContext

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
#nullable disable

namespace Grid.Northwind {
    public partial class NorthwindContext : DbContext {

        public NorthwindContext(DbContextOptions<NorthwindContext> options)
            : base(options) {
        }
        // ...
        public virtual DbSet<Employee> Employees { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder) {
            if(!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured) {
                optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Server=.\\sqlexpress;Database=Northwind;Integrated Security=true");
            }
        }

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder) {
            modelBuilder.HasAnnotation("Relational:Collation", "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS");
            // ...
            modelBuilder.Entity<Employee>(entity => {
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.EmployeeId, "EmployeeId");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.LastName, "LastName");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.FirstName, "FirstName");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.Title, "Title");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.BirthDate, "BirthDate");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.HireDate, "HireDate");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.Notes, "Notes");
            });
            OnModelCreatingPartial(modelBuilder);
        }

        partial void OnModelCreatingPartial(ModelBuilder modelBuilder);
    }
}

Program.cs

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
// ...
builder.Services.AddDbContextFactory<NorthwindContext>((sp, options) => {
    var env = sp.GetRequiredService<IWebHostEnvironment>();
    var dbPath = Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, "Northwind-5e44b51f.mdf");
    options.UseSqlServer("Server=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Integrated Security=true;AttachDbFileName=" + dbPath);
});

Implements

EditNewRowPosition