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React Data GridProvided Cell Editors

The grid comes with some cell editors provided out of the box. These cell editors are listed here.

Example: Editors
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Text Cell Editor

Simple text editor that uses the standard HTML input. This editor is the default if none other specified.

Specified with agTextCellEditor and configured with ITextCellEditorParams.

Properties available on the ITextCellEditorParams interface.

useFormatter
boolean
If true, the editor will use the provided colDef.valueFormatter to format the value displayed in the editor.
maxLength
number
Max number of characters to allow.
Default: 524288 
columnDefs: [
    {
        cellEditor: 'agTextCellEditor',
        valueFormatter: (params) => '£' + params.value,
        cellEditorParams: {
            useFormatter: true,
            maxLength: 200
        }
        // ...other props
    }
]

Large Text Cell Editor

Simple editor that uses the standard HTML textarea. Best used in conjunction with cellEditorPopup=true.

Specified with agLargeTextCellEditor and configured with ILargeTextEditorParams.

Properties available on the ILargeTextEditorParams interface.

maxLength
number
Max number of characters to allow.
Default: 200
rows
number
Number of character rows to display.
Default: 10
cols
number
Number of character columns to display.
Default: 60 
columnDefs: [
    {
        cellEditor: 'agLargeTextCellEditor',
        cellEditorPopup: true,
        cellEditorParams: {
            maxLength: 100,
            rows: 10,
            cols: 50
        }
        // ...other props
    }
]

Select Cell Editor

Simple editor that uses HTML select.

Specified with agSelectCellEditor and configured with ILargeTextEditorParams.

Properties available on the ISelectCellEditorParams interface.

values
any[]
List of values to display 
columnDefs: [
    {
        cellEditor: 'agSelectCellEditor',
        cellEditorParams: {
            values: ['English', 'Spanish', 'French', 'Portuguese', '(other)'],
        }
        // ...other props
    }
]

Note there is no need to specify cellEditorPopup=true for Select Cell Editor as the browsers Select widget will appear on top of the grid.

We have found the standard HTML Select doesn't have an API that's rich enough to play properly with the grid. When a cell is double clicked to start editing, it is desired that the Select is a) shown and b) opened ready for selection. There is no API to open a browsers Select. For this reason to edit there are two interactions needed 1) double click to start editing and 2) single click to open the Select.

We also observed different results while using keyboard navigation to control editing, e.g. while using Enter to start editing. Some browsers would open the Select, others would not. This is down to the browser implementation and given there is no API for opening the Select, there is nothing the grid can do.

If you are unhappy with the additional click required, we advise you don't depend on the browsers standard Select (ie avoid agSelectCellEditor) and instead use agRichSelectCellEditor or create your own using a Cell Editor Component.

Rich Select Cell Editor

An alternative to using the browser's select popup for dropdowns inside the grid. Available in AG Grid Enterprise only.

Benefits over browser's select are as follows:

  • Uses DOM row visualisation so very large lists can be displayed.
  • Integrates with the grid perfectly, avoiding glitches seen with the standard select.
  • Uses HTML to render the values: you can provide cell renderers to customise what each value looks like.
  • FuzzySearch of values: You can type within the Editor to select a specific record.

Should always set cellEditorPopup=true. Otherwise the editor will be clipped to the cell contents.

Specified with agRichSelectCellEditor and configured with IRichCellEditorParams.

Properties available on the IRichCellEditorParams interface.

values
CellValue[]
The list of values to be selected from. 
values: CellValue[];

type CellValue = 
      object 
    | string 
    | number
cellHeight
number
The row height, in pixels, of each value.
cellRenderer
any
The cell renderer to use to render each value. Cell renderers are useful for rendering rich HTML values, or when processing complex data.
searchDebounceDelay
number
The value in ms for the fuzzy search debounce delay.
Default: 300
formatValue
Function
A callback function that allows you to change the displayed value for simple data. 
formatValue = (value: any) => any;
columnDefs: [
    {
        cellEditor: 'agRichSelectCellEditor',
        cellEditorPopup: true,
        cellEditorParams: {
            values: ['English', 'Spanish', 'French', 'Portuguese', '(other)'],
            cellHeight: 20,
            formatValue: value => value.toUpperCase(),
            cellRenderer: MyCellRenderer,
            searchDebounceDelay: 500
        }
        // ...other props
    }
]