[HELPED] Save multiple gridstates

[ThierryC]

Hi all,

For an new project to write in Valence, i would like the users to have the ability to save their current gridlayout (width-sort-lock-hidden cols, etc..) on server-level (and give the layout a proper name)

So they could reload a 'saved-custom' layout on demand.
I'd like to have them on the server because what i'd also like is that a user can choose to save a layout as 'Private' or as 'Public'.. meaning they would also be accessible for other users.

So far i've found on forums lots of topics for saving the state of a grid into a cookie.. but that's not really what i want to do...

can you help me on the way on how this could be done... or where i could find more info on that


thx

Thierry

[nsama]

Thierry,

You could loop through the grid columns to get its properties. Some thing like:

var cols = grid.columns;
var colProperties =[];
Ext.each(cols, function(col){
	colProperties.push({
	     dataindex:col.dataIndex,
             width: col.width,
	     hidden:col.isHidden()
        });
});

You can then fire an ajax call passing this array of properties to save it on your server-side. You would have to retrieve these properties and apply them to the columns when user picks the specific layout.

I should say this is not an efficient way of doing it, especially if grid has lots of columns. I would be interested to know, if you figured out a better way to do it.

[ThierryC]

thx... i'll have my way into it..
i'll let you know the result


thx for the advice