DxGrid.KeyFieldName Property

Specifies the name of a data field that contains unique identifiers for Grid data items.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.Grid.v26.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
[Parameter]
public string KeyFieldName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	null	The key field’s name.

Remarks

The KeyFieldName property specifies the key field name for data objects. If your data objects have a compound key, use the KeyFieldNames property to specify key field names.

The Grid uses this field’s values to identify and compare data items. You should specify the KeyFieldName (or KeyFieldNames) property if the Grid in your application allows to perform the following actions:

• Edit data
• Delete data
• Select rows
• Expand detail rows
• Focus rows

If you do not specify key fields, the Grid uses standard .NET value equality comparison.

The following code snippet enables row selection by mouse clicks and specifies the ProductId field as a key.

Razor

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

<DxGrid Data="GridDataSource"
        AllowSelectRowByClick="true"
        @bind-SelectedDataItems="@SelectedDataItems"
        KeyFieldName="ProductId">
    <Columns>
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="ProductName" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="UnitPrice" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="QuantityPerUnit" />
        <DxGridDataColumn FieldName="UnitsInStock" />
    </Columns>
</DxGrid>

<br/>
<div>
    <b>Selected products:</b>
    @foreach (var product in SelectedDataItems.Cast<Product>()) {
        <li>@product.ProductName</li>
    }
</div>

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

    protected override void OnInitialized() {
        Northwind = NorthwindContextFactory.CreateDbContext();
        GridDataSource = Northwind.Products
            .ToList();
        SelectedDataItems = GridDataSource.Skip(1).Take(2).ToList();
    }

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

Product

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

#nullable disable

namespace Grid.Northwind {
    public partial class Product {
        public Product() {
            OrderDetails = new HashSet<OrderDetail>();
        }

        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int? SupplierId { get; set; }
        public int? CategoryId { get; set; }
        public string QuantityPerUnit { get; set; }
        public decimal? UnitPrice { get; set; }
        public short? UnitsInStock { get; set; }
        public short? UnitsOnOrder { get; set; }
        public short? ReorderLevel { get; set; }
        public bool Discontinued { get; set; }

        public virtual Category Category { get; set; }
        public virtual Supplier Supplier { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<OrderDetail> OrderDetails { get; set; }
    }
}

NorthwindContext

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
#nullable disable

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

        public NorthwindContext(DbContextOptions<NorthwindContext> options)
            : base(options) {
        }
        // ...
        public virtual DbSet<Product> Products { 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.Entity<Product>(entity => {
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.CategoryId, "CategoriesProducts");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.CategoryId, "CategoryID");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.ProductName, "ProductName");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.SupplierId, "SupplierID");
                entity.HasIndex(e => e.SupplierId, "SuppliersProducts");
                entity.Property(e => e.ProductId).HasColumnName("ProductID");
                entity.Property(e => e.CategoryId).HasColumnName("CategoryID");
                entity.Property(e => e.ProductName)
                    .IsRequired()
                    .HasMaxLength(40);
                entity.Property(e => e.QuantityPerUnit).HasMaxLength(20);
                entity.Property(e => e.ReorderLevel).HasDefaultValueSql("((0))");
                entity.Property(e => e.SupplierId).HasColumnName("SupplierID");
                entity.Property(e => e.UnitPrice)
                    .HasColumnType("money")
                    .HasDefaultValueSql("((0))");
                entity.Property(e => e.UnitsInStock).HasDefaultValueSql("((0))");
                entity.Property(e => e.UnitsOnOrder).HasDefaultValueSql("((0))");
                entity.HasOne(d => d.Category)
                    .WithMany(p => p.Products)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.CategoryId)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_Products_Categories");
                entity.HasOne(d => d.Supplier)
                    .WithMany(p => p.Products)
                    .HasForeignKey(d => d.SupplierId)
                    .HasConstraintName("FK_Products_Suppliers");
            });
            // ...
            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);
});

Run Demo: Data Grid - Multiple Row Selection

Implements

KeyFieldName