ZingGrid Object Methods

This is a comprehensive list of available functionality on the global window.ZingGrid object. It is redundant to define window, so we will call this the ZingGrid object.

registerAdapter()

You use the registerAdapter() method to define how to hook up a data source into your project. If you have your own standardized endpoints, this is very useful as it's a way for us to provide an ES6 style import mechanism and pattern for building custom data sources.

Check out the docs on <zg-param> attributes to get a full list of available adapter options here.

Function Definition

ZingGrid.registerAdapter(sType, oOptions)
Arguments
NameTypeOptionalDescription
sTypeStringfalseThe string name for the adapter
oOptionsObjectfalseOption list of of adapter variables you want to define. You can define ANYzg-param value here.

HTML before registerAdapter()

<zing-grid editor caption="Movies" page-size="10" infinite height="100px">
  <zg-data src="https://zinggrid-examples.firebaseio.com/movies/">
    <zg-param name="startAtKey" value="startAt"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="limitToKey" value="limitToFirst"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="sortByKey" value="orderBy"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="searchKey" value="equalTo"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="startAtValue" value="true"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="addValueQuotes" value="true"></zg-param>
    <zg-param name="sortBy" value="title"></zg-param>
  </zg-data>
</zing-grid>

HTML after registerAdapter()

<zing-grid editor caption="Movies" page-size="10" infinite height="100px">
  <zg-data src="https://zinggrid-examples.firebaseio.com/movies/" adapter="myCustomAdapter"></zg-data>
</zing-grid>

JavaScript

const adapterOptions = {
  limitToKey: 'limitToFirst',
  startAtKey: 'startAt',
  sortByKey: 'orderBy',
  startAtValue: true,
  sortBy: '"title"',
};

ZingGrid.registerAdapter('myCustomAdapter', adapterOptions);

registerAdapter() Grid

Here is a complete grid which calls the registerAdapter() method:

registerCellType()

You use the registerCellType() method to create and assign a custom column type.

Function Definition

ZingGrid.registerCellType(sType, oOptions)
Arguments
NameTypeOptionalDescription
sTypeStringfalseThe name of the cell type you want to define
oOptionsObjectfalseAn object to define the renderer and/or editor for the cell type

HTML

<zg-column index="col" type="upper" header="College"></zg-column>

JavaScript

// renderer function for cell
function upperRenderer(mRawData, cellRef, $cell) {
  return mRawData.toUpperCase();
}

// hooks for editor
let editor = {
  init($cell, editorField) {
    let oDOMInput = document.createElement('input');
    oDOMInput.type = 'text';
    oDOMInput.autoComplete = 'off';
    oDOMInput.ariaInvalid = false;
    editorField.appendChild(oDOMInput);
  },

  onOpen($cell, editorField, mData) {
    let oDOMInput = editorField.querySelector('input');
    if (!mData) {
      mData = editorField.value || '';
    }
    oDOMInput.value = String(mData);
  },

  onClose(editorField) {
    return 'Edited: ' + editorField.querySelector('input').value;
  },
};

ZingGrid.registerCellType('upper', {
  editor: editor,
  renderer: upperRenderer,
});

registerCellType() Grid

Here is a complete grid which calls the registerCellType() method:

https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/T7YD4CIL
https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/T7YD4CIL

registerMethod()

You use the registerMethod() method to assign an alias to a single method outside the window scope, which will be found and assigned a scope reference to this.

Function Definition

ZingGrid.registerMethod(fnMethod, sName, oScope)
Arguments
NameTypeOptionalDescription
fnMethodFunctionfalseThe method that you want to expose to ZingGrid
sNameStringtrueThe name to refer to the method. If the method is not anonymous, the name will default to the name of the method. If it is anonymous, a name must be set. Whatever is set here is how you should refer to the method in the grid.
oScopeObjecttrueThe scope of the method. When the method is called, this will be set to the scope value.

HTML

<zg-column index="high" type="currency"  cell-class="f1"></zg-column>
<zg-column index="low" type="currency" cell-class="f2"></zg-column>

JavaScript

const namespace1 = {
  // global vars for highlight min/max values
  gHigh: -1,
  gLow: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,

  // highlight cell with highest value in high column
  _highlightHigh: function(high, cellDOMRef, cellRef) {
    if (high == Number(this.gHigh)) return 'highlight';
  },

  // highlight cell with lowest value in low column
  _highlightLow: function(low, cellDOMRef, cellRef) {
    if (low == Number(this.gLow)) return 'highlight';
  },

  };

  // register methods to alias "f1" and "f2" where "this" references the 
  // namespace1 scope as well
  ZingGrid.registerMethod(namespace1._highlightHigh, 'f1', namespace1);
  ZingGrid.registerMethod(namespace1._highlightLow, 'f2', namespace1);

registerMethod() Grid

Here is a complete grid which calls the registerMethod() method:

https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/IS6Q1HGM
https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/IS6Q1HGM

registerNamespace()

You use the registerNamespace() method to assign a namespace alias so that all methods outside the window scope can be found, and assigned a scope reference to this. Once a namespace is registered, the methods within the namespace will be accessible to ZingGrid without having to call ZingGrid.registerMethod.

Function Definition

ZingGrid.registerNamespace(oNamespace, sName, oScope)
Arguments
NameTypeOptionalDescription
oNamespaceFunctionfalseThe namespace that you want to expose to ZingGrid
sNameStringtrueThe name to reference the namespace
oScopeObjecttrueThe scope of the namespace. When a method within the namespace is called, `this` will be set to the `scope` value. Defaults to the namespace itself.

HTML

<zg-column index="low" type="currency" cell-class="n1._highlightLow"></zg-column>

JavaScript

const namespace1 = {
  // global vars for highlight min/max values
  gHigh: -1,
  gLow: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
  
  // highlight cell with lowest value in low column
  _highlightLow: function(low, cellDOMRef, cellRef) {
    if (low == Number(this.gLow)) return 'highlight';
  },

};

// register namespace to alias "n1" where "this" references the 
// namespace1 scope as well
ZingGrid.registerNamespace(namespace1, 'n1', namespace1);

registerNamespace() Grid

Here is a complete grid which calls the registerNamespace() method:

https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/SV33R7QE
https://app.zingsoft.com/demos/embed/SV33R7QE

[api: ZingGrid object]