EasyUI jQuery combogrid widget

Last Updated : 18 Apr, 2022

EasyUI is a HTML5 framework for using user interface components based on jQuery, React, Angular and Vue technologies. It helps in building features for interactive web and mobile applications saving a lot of time for developers.

In this article, we will learn how to design a combogrid using jQuery EasyUI. combogrid combines an editable text box with drop-down datagrid panel, from which enables users to quickly find and select.

Downloads for EasyUI for jQuery:

https://www.jeasyui.com/download/index.php

Syntax:

<input class="easyui-combogrid">

Properties:

loadMsg: The message displayed when datagrid load remote data.
idField: The id field name.
textField: The text field to be displayed in textbox.
mode: Defines how to load datagrid data when text changed.
filter: Defines how to select the local data when 'mode' is set to 'local'.

Methods:

options: Return the options object.
grid: Return the datagrid object.
setValue: Set the component value.
setValues: Set the component value array.
clear: Clear the component value.

Approach:

First, add jQuery Easy UI scripts needed for your project.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"

href="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/themes/default/easyui.css">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"

href="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/themes/icon.css">

<script type="text/javascript"

src="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript"

src="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/jquery.easyui.min.js"></script>

Example :

HTML

<html>
<head>    
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
        href="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/themes/default/easyui.css">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
        href="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/themes/icon.css">

    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/jquery.min.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="https://www.jeasyui.com/easyui/jquery.easyui.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div style="margin-bottom:20px">
            <select class="easyui-combogrid" style="width:100%" data-options="
                    panelWidth: 500,
                    idField: 'itemid',
                    textField: 'productname',
                    method: 'get',
                    columns: [[
                        {field:'itemid',title:'Item ID',width:80},
                        {field:'productname',title:'Product',width:120},
                        {field:'listprice',title:'List Price',
                            width:80,align:'right'},
                        {field:'unitcost',title:'Unit Cost',
                            width:80,align:'right'},
                        {field:'attr1',title:'Attribute',width:200},
                        {field:'status',title:'Status',
                            width:60,align:'center'}
                    ]],
                    fitColumns: true,
                    label: 'Select Item:',
                    labelPosition: 'top'
                ">
            </select>
        </div>
</body>

</html>