Introduction
In this tip, I will share how to bind data-source to a page-list viewing within 5-10 minutes.
Suppose you are working on a SPA(Single Page Application) or something more responsive but you have less time to display list with paging, then you can use this article.
Background
Sometimes, we don't have much time to display a well paging grid view so in that case we can use this tip.
Using the Code
First, create a view model with name Viewmodel.js or whatever you want to and copy and paste the below JavaScript code within that file.
var initialData = [
{ name: "Well-Travelled Kitten", sales: 352, price: 75.95 },
{ name: "Speedy Coyote", sales: 89, price: 190.00 },
{ name: "Furious Lizard", sales: 152, price: 25.00 },
{ name: "Indifferent Monkey", sales: 1, price: 99.95 },
{ name: "Brooding Dragon", sales: 0, price: 6350 },
{ name: "Ingenious Tadpole", sales: 39450, price: 0.35 },
{ name: "Optimistic Snail", sales: 420, price: 1.50 }
];
var PagedGridModel = function (items) {
this.items = ko.observableArray(items);
this.addItem = function () {
this.items.push({ name: "New item", sales: 0, price: 100 });
};
this.sortByName = function () {
this.items.sort(function (a, b) {
return a.name < b.name ? -1 : 1;
});
};
this.jumpToFirstPage = function () {
this.gridViewModel.currentPageIndex(0);
};
this.gridViewModel = new ko.simpleGrid.viewModel({
data: this.items,
columns: [
{ headerText: "Item Name", rowText: "name" },
{ headerText: "Sales Count", rowText: "sales" },
{ headerText: "Price", rowText: function (item) { return "$" + item.price.toFixed(2) } }
],
pageSize: 4
});
};
ko.applyBindings(new PagedGridModel(initialData));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div data-bind='simpleGrid: gridViewModel'> </div>
<button data-bind='click: addItem'>
Add item
</button>
<button data-bind='click: sortByName'>
Sort by name
</button>
<button data-bind='click: jumpToFirstPage, enable: gridViewModel.currentPageIndex'>
Jump to first page
</button>
<script src="Scripts/knockout-3.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/knockout.simpleGrid.1.3.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/PagedGrid/ViewModel.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Points of Interest
If you want to bind dynamic data from service to this grid, then you have to fetch data from Ajax call and pass that data to viewmodel data source.
History
In the next post, I will explain how to build your own knockout template to display list and more.
I would like to get your suggestions to improve this tip.
