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Question  posted by Ramesh Manian on Apr 14, 2008 05:19
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LOV in the Grid

Hi,
I need to have a LOV (List of values) column in the Grid.
That is, In a single column itself, i should provide a read only text box and a button adjacent to it. Upon clicking the button, a LOV should be displayed. From the LOV, whichever item the user selects, it should appear in the Read only text box in the grid.
How to accomplish this?
Also how can i
- SET
- RETRIEVE
values from this LOV ( read only text box). What should be cell type?
Answer posted by Support on Apr 14, 2008 06:35
There is no ready to use exCell with exact functionality as you described, most similar a "clist" column type.
Please check
    http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxGrid/samples/cell_types/pro_excell_extra.html?un=1208181028000

Basically, grid allows to create custom column types, with custom editors, so in theory it possible to create a custom editor with desired beahavior