DetailViewer should understad displayfield attibute.

[gats20]

Hi,

I am populating combo boxes to show values from DB when I need to create/update record and I am using same DataSource for ListGrid. ListGrid is smart enough to use displayField attribute while showing record and populates the exact record matching to primary key of original datasource but when I click same record to show in detailViewer I see actual primary key.

Below is DataSource portion to populate

isc.RestDataSource.create( {
ID :"XXXXX",
.....
.....

fields : [
{
name :"empid", // listgrid automatically map this to valueField but detailViewer not.
title :"EmpName",
valueField :"id",
displayField :"name",
optionDataSource :"YYYYY"
}

Using below code to set record for detailViewer.

var record = this.getSelectedRecord();
detailViewer.setData(record);


I was told on forum that DetailViewer do not support displayField. I believe it should support this so that listgrid and detailviewer can be used together without writing custom code.

Thanks,
Ashish.

[joshwils82]

DetailViewer optionDataSource and displayField

I would second this request. This seems like a core missing piece for DetailViewer that many of the other components support. It makes it more difficult to use DetailViewer with the other components.

[Isomorphic]

It's scheduled. To get it accelerated, buy support.

[jay.l.fisher]

I'm adding my name to the list of those that expected this to be the default behavior for a DetailViewer. I have purchased support so hopefully this will move up in the queue.

In the meantime, can you reply with sample code showing the recommended technique for adding this behavior?

Thanks

[Isomorphic]

Just use an implementation of formatCellValue to look at the other field's value (you are passed a record).