I'm using a KendoGrid and doing a inline batch edit. Only a select few columns are editable. When hit tab the next column selected but it is not the next editable column. Is there a way to control the tab order in a KendoGrid? How would I make the tabs skip columns that are not editable?

My Mark-UP:

<div id="employeeGoalsGrid"></div>

My Javascript:

var goalsDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
        transport: {
            read: {
                url: '/MVC/ResearcherPoints/GetEmployeeResearchers',
                type: 'POST',
                contentType: 'application/json'
            },
            update: {
                url: '/MVC/ResearcherPoints/UpdateEmployeeGoal',
                type: 'POST',
                contentType: 'application/json'
                //dataType: "jsonp"
            },
            parameterMap: function (options, type) {
                debugger;
                $.extend(options, { ID: options.id });
                return JSON.stringify(options);
            }
        },
        batch: false,
        schema: {
            model: {
                id: 'ID',
                fields: {
                    id: { editable: false, nullable: false },
                    FirstName: { editable: false, nullable: true  },
                    LastName: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    Title: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    TeamName: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    PointsGoal: { type: "number", nullable: true, validation: { required: false, min: 1 } }
                }
            }
        },
        sortable: true,
        filterable: true,
        columnMenu: true
    });


    $('#employeeGoalsGrid').kendoGrid({
        dataSource: goalsDataSource,
        navigatable: true,
        sortable: true,
        resizable: true,
        toolbar: ["save", "cancel"],
        columns: [
            { field: "FirstName", title: "First Name", width: 200},
            { field: "LastName", title: "Last Name", width: 200 },
            { field: "Title", title: "Title", width: 200 },
            { field: "TeamName", title: "Team", width: 200 },
            { field: "PointsGoal", title: "Goal", width: 200 }],
        editable: true,
        filterable: true,
    });

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I'm using a KendoGrid and doing a inline batch edit. Only a select few columns are editable. When hit tab the next column selected but it is not the next editable column. Is there a way to control the tab order in a KendoGrid? How would I make the tabs skip columns that are not editable?

My Mark-UP:

<div id="employeeGoalsGrid"></div>

My Javascript:

var goalsDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
        transport: {
            read: {
                url: '/MVC/ResearcherPoints/GetEmployeeResearchers',
                type: 'POST',
                contentType: 'application/json'
            },
            update: {
                url: '/MVC/ResearcherPoints/UpdateEmployeeGoal',
                type: 'POST',
                contentType: 'application/json'
                //dataType: "jsonp"
            },
            parameterMap: function (options, type) {
                debugger;
                $.extend(options, { ID: options.id });
                return JSON.stringify(options);
            }
        },
        batch: false,
        schema: {
            model: {
                id: 'ID',
                fields: {
                    id: { editable: false, nullable: false },
                    FirstName: { editable: false, nullable: true  },
                    LastName: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    Title: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    TeamName: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                    PointsGoal: { type: "number", nullable: true, validation: { required: false, min: 1 } }
                }
            }
        },
        sortable: true,
        filterable: true,
        columnMenu: true
    });


    $('#employeeGoalsGrid').kendoGrid({
        dataSource: goalsDataSource,
        navigatable: true,
        sortable: true,
        resizable: true,
        toolbar: ["save", "cancel"],
        columns: [
            { field: "FirstName", title: "First Name", width: 200},
            { field: "LastName", title: "Last Name", width: 200 },
            { field: "Title", title: "Title", width: 200 },
            { field: "TeamName", title: "Team", width: 200 },
            { field: "PointsGoal", title: "Goal", width: 200 }],
        editable: true,
        filterable: true,
    });

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

• javascript
• asp-mvc-3
• telerik
• grid
• kendo-ui

• is the problem that navigation selects all columns on your grid although editable works fine? – OnaBai Commented Nov 26, 2012 at 22:29
• Yes. When I hit tab, the focus moves to the next column just fine but I want to skip the non-editable columns and jump to the next editable column. – Rodney Hickman Commented Nov 27, 2012 at 17:49
• Can you post a sample on JSFiddle or JSBin? I'd love to help, but it would be great to be able to start from an interactive sample. – Brandon Satrom Commented Nov 28, 2012 at 16:01

2 Answers 2

To skip cell you need to use tabindex="99999"

I created a jsfiddle for testing purposes: http://jsfiddle/danieltulp/kfG7y/

I think you need to look at using attributes: { tabindex: "999999" } in

{ field: "UnitsInStock", title: "Units In Stock", width: 110,  attributes: { tabindex: "999999" } }

but this doesn't seem to work. Anyone a better idea?

Perhaps this just isn't possible?

Can you try changing the editable property on the grid options from true to "inline" and let me know if that fixes the issue? I've created a similar scenario in this JSBin and the tab order works fine (Chrome on OSX) when I edit a row.