You can use the filter bar template in foreign key column by defining the column.filterBarTemplate property. The following example demonstrates the way to use filter bar template in foreign column.
In the following example, The Employee Name is a foreign key column. This column header shows the custom filter bar template and you can select filter value by using the DropDown options.
ej.grids.Grid.Inject(ej.grids.ForeignKey, ej.grids.Filter);
var grid = new ej.grids.Grid({
dataSource: data.slice(0,10),
allowFiltering: true,
columns: [
{ field: 'OrderID', headerText: 'Order ID', textAlign: 'Right', width: 100 },
{
field: 'EmployeeID', headerText: 'Employee Name', width: 150, foreignKeyValue: 'FirstName', dataSource: fEmployeeData,
filterBarTemplate: {
create: function(args) {
return ej.base.createElement('input', { className: 'flm-input' });
},
write: function(args) {
fEmployeeData.splice(0, 0, {'FirstName': 'All'}); // for clear filtering
var dropInstance = new ej.dropdowns.DropDownList({
dataSource: new ej.data.DataManager(fEmployeeData),
fields: { text: 'FirstName' },
placeholder: 'Select a value',
popupHeight: '200px',
index: 0,
change: function(args) {
if (args.value !== 'All') {
grid.filterByColumn('EmployeeID', 'equal', args.value);
}
else {
grid.removeFilteredColsByField('EmployeeID');
}
}
});
dropInstance.appendTo(args.element);
}
}
},
{ field: 'Freight', headerText: 'Freight', width: 100, textAlign: 'Right'},
{ field: 'ShipName', headerText: 'Ship Name', width: 180 }
],
height: 260
});
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