How do i create a delete button on every row using the SlickGrid plugin?

Question

How do i create a delete button on every row using the SlickGrid plugin? I need a button that can delete the whole corresponding row.

Answer 1

Use your column formatter to get this done.

var column = {id:delCol, field:'del', name:'Delete', width:250, formatter:buttonFormatter}

//Now define your buttonFormatter function
function buttonFormatter(row,cell,value,columnDef,dataContext){  
    var button = "";
    //the id is so that you can identify the row when the particular button is clicked
    return button;
    //Now the row will display your button
}

//Now you can use jquery to hook up your delete button event
$('.del').live('click', function(){
    var me = $(this), id = me.attr('id');
    //assuming you have used a dataView to create your grid
    //also assuming that its variable name is called 'dataView'
    //use the following code to get the item to be deleted from it
    dataView.deleteItem(id);
    //This is possible because in the formatter we have assigned the row id itself as the button id;
    //now assuming your grid is called 'grid'
    grid.invalidate();        
});