Hello.
I've a grid using advanced filter. I want to add a button in my page (outside the grid) that opens the filtering dialog. As I couldn't find any method in the documentation (http://help.infragistics.com/jQuery/2014.2/ui.igGridFiltering) I used this line:
grid.find(".ui-iggrid-filterbutton:first").click();
That wasn't very nice or clean but it worked. It also added a new condition for the filters with the first column selected. That happened because I was triggering the click in the filtering button of the first column's header. I wasn't very worried about it, I didn't think users would find that annoying.
After a few time I had to add Sorting feature to the grid. As the headers changed (now they have 'Feature Chooser Button') my code to open the dialog stopped working. I've tried a new workaround which was finding the filters li in the 'Feature Chooser Popover' and clicking it. However it doesn't work and I would like some clean solution that will not stop working when I change grid settings.
Summing up: how can I open the advanced filtering dialog programatically?
Thanks,
Diego
Hello Diego,
The following forum thread shows that you can use the private _openFilterDialog() method and passing in the columnKey to open the advanced filter dialog for that column.
http://www.infragistics.com/community/forums/t/89501.aspx
This method does expect a browser event and may throw an error if one is not provided. You can use the following code for example to pass an event from a button click:
$("#btnTest").click(function(evt){ $("#grid").data("igGridFiltering")._openFilterDialog(evt, "ProductName"); });
Since this is a private, undocumented function, it may be subject to change without warning. I would recommend submitting a new product idea for a public API method to display the advanced filter dialog.
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