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Row Selection in Angular Grid component

21 Dec 2022 / 5 minutes to read

Select row at initial rendering

To select a row at initial rendering, set the selectedRowIndex value.

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import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { SelectionSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid [dataSource]='data' [selectedRowIndex]=1 [selectionSettings]='selectionOptions' height='315px'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public selectionOptions: SelectionSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.selectionOptions = { type: 'Multiple', mode: 'Both' };
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Get selected row indexes

You can get the selected row indexes by using the getSelectedRowIndexes method.

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import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { GridComponent, RowSelectEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='data' height='315px' (rowSelected)='rowSelected($event)'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];

    @ViewChild('grid')
    public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
    }

    rowSelected(args: RowSelectEventArgs) {
        const selectedrowindex: number[] = this.grid.getSelectedRowIndexes();  // Get the selected row indexes.
        alert(selectedrowindex); // To alert the selected row indexes.
        const selectedrecords: object[] = this.grid.getSelectedRecords();  // Get the selected records.
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Simple multiple row selection

You can select multiple rows by clicking on rows one by one. This will not deselect the previously selected rows. To deselect the previously selected row, you can click on the selected row. You can enable this behavior by using selectionSettings.enableSimpleMultiRowSelection property.

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import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { SelectionSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid [dataSource]='data' [selectionSettings]='selectionOptions' height='315px'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public selectionOptions: SelectionSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.selectionOptions = { type: 'Multiple', enableSimpleMultiRowSelection: true };
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Toggle selection

The Toggle selection allows to perform selection and unselection of the particular row or cell or column. To enable toggle selection, set enableToggle property of the selectionSettings as true. If you click on the selected row or cell or column then it will be unselected and vice versa.

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import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { SelectionSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `<ejs-grid [dataSource]='data' height='315px' [selectionSettings]='selectionOptions'>
                <e-columns>
                    <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
                    <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipCity' headerText='Ship City' width=150></e-column>
                    <e-column field='ShipName' headerText='Ship Name' width=150></e-column>
                </e-columns>
                </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public selectionOptions: SelectionSettingsModel;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.selectionOptions = { type: 'Multiple', mode: 'Both' };
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

If multi selection is enabled, then first click on any selected row (without pressing Ctrl key), it will clear the multi selection and in second click on the same row, it will be unselected.

Clear selection programmatically

You can clear the Grid selection programmatically by using the clearSelection method.

In the demo below, we initially selected the third row using selectedRowIndex. You can clear this selection by calling the clearSelection method in the button click event.

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import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { GridComponent, SelectionSettingsModel, PageSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template:
    `<button ej-button class='e-flat' (click)='click()'>Clear Selection</button>
    <ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='data' [selectedRowIndex]=2 allowPaging=true [selectionSettings]='selectionOptions' [pageSettings]='pageOptions'>
        <e-columns>
            <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
            <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=120></e-column>
            <e-column field='ShipCountry' headerText='Ship Country' width=130></e-column>
            <e-column field='Freight' headerText='Freight' format= 'C2' width=100></e-column>
        </e-columns>
    </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: Object[];
    public selectionOptions: SelectionSettingsModel;
    public pageOptions: PageSettingsModel;

    @ViewChild('grid')
    public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.selectionOptions = { type: 'Multiple' };
        this.pageOptions = { pageSize: 5 };
    }

    click(): void{
        this.grid.clearSelection();
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

Get selected records on various pages

Enabling the selectionSettings.persistSelection property will persist the selection in all Grid operations.

So the selection will be maintained on every page even after navigating to another page.

You can get the selected records using the getSelectedRecords method.

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import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { data } from './datasource';
import { GridComponent, SelectionSettingsModel, PageSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template:
    `<button ej-button class='e-flat' (click)='click()'>Selected Records</button>
    <ejs-grid #grid [dataSource]='data' allowPaging=true [selectionSettings]='selectionOptions' [pageSettings]='pageOptions'>
        <e-columns>
            <e-column type='checkbox' width=50></e-column>
            <e-column field='OrderID' headerText='Order ID' isPrimaryKey='true'  textAlign='Right' width=120></e-column>
            <e-column field='CustomerID' headerText='Customer ID' width=120></e-column>
            <e-column field='ShipCountry' headerText='Ship Country' width=130></e-column>
            <e-column field='Freight' headerText='Freight' format= 'C2' width=100></e-column>
        </e-columns>
    </ejs-grid>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

    public data: object[];
    public selectionOptions: SelectionSettingsModel;
    public pageOptions: PageSettingsModel;

    @ViewChild('grid')
    public grid: GridComponent;

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.data = data;
        this.selectionOptions = { type: 'Multiple', persistSelection: true };
        this.pageOptions = { pageSize: 5 };
    }

    click(): void{
        let selectedrecords: Object[] = this.grid.getSelectedRecords(); // get the selected records.
        let selectedRecordsCount: number = selectedrecords.length
        alert(selectedRecordsCount); // to alert the selected records count.
    }
}
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import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { GridModule, PageService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { EditService, ToolbarService, FilterService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-grids';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        GridModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent],
    providers: [EditService, ToolbarService, PageService, FilterService]
})
export class AppModule { }
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import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

To persist the grid selection, it is necessary to define any one of the columns as a primary key using the columns.isPrimaryKey property.