Row Object (aka Row Node)
A Row Node represents one row of data. The Row Node will contain a reference to the data item your application provided as well as other runtime information about the row. The Row Node contains attributes, methods and emits events. Additional attributes are used if the Row Node is a group.
All Row Node Attributes
id | Unique ID for the node. Either provided by the application, or generated by the grid if not. |
data | The data as provided by the application. |
parent | The parent node to this node, or empty if top level. |
level | How many levels this node is from the top when grouping. |
uiLevel | How many levels this node is from the top when grouping in the UI (only different to parent when groupRemoveSingleChildren=true). |
group | true if this node is a group node (i.e. has children). |
rowPinned | 'top' or 'bottom' if pinned row, otherwise null or undefined. |
canFlower | true if this node can flower (i.e. can be expanded, but has no direct children). |
childFlower | The child flower of this node. |
childIndex | Index of this row with respect to its parent when grouping. Changes when data is sorted. |
firstChild | true if this is the first child in this group. Changes when data is sorted. |
lastChild | true if this is the last child in this group. Changes when data is sorted. |
stub | Used by server-side row model. true if this row node is a stub. A stub is a placeholder row with loading icon while waiting from row to be loaded. |
rowHeight | The row height in pixels. |
rowTop | The row top position in pixels. |
quickFilterAggregateText | If using quick filter, stores a string representation of the row for searching against. |
Group Node Attributes
groupData | If using grid grouping, contains the group values for this group. |
aggData | If using grid grouping and aggregation, contains the aggregation data. |
key | The key for the grouping e.g. Ireland, UK, USA. |
field | The field (string) we are grouping on e.g. 'country'. |
rowGroupColumn | The row group column used for this group, e.g. the Country column instance. |
rowGroupIndex | If doing in-memory (client-side) grouping, this is the index of the group column this cell is for. This will always be the same as the level, unless we are collapsing groups, i.e. groupRemoveSingleChildren=true. |
expanded | true if group is expanded, otherwise false. |
footer | true if row is a footer. Footers have group = true and footer = true. |
allLeafChildren | All lowest level nodes beneath this node, no groups. |
childrenAfterGroup | Children of this group. If multi levels of grouping, shows only immediate children. |
childrenAfterFilter | Filtered children of this group. |
childrenAfterSort | Sorted children of this group. |
allChildrenCount | Number of children and grandchildren. |
leafGroup | true if this node is a group and the group is the bottom level in the tree. |
sibling | If using footers, reference to the footer node for this group. |
Row Node Methods
setSelected(newValue: boolean, clearSelection: boolean) | Select (or deselect) the node. newValue=true for selection, newValue=false for deselection. If selecting, then passing true for clearSelection will select the node exclusively (i.e. NOT do multi select). If doing deselection, clearSelection has no impact. |
isSelected() | Returns true if node is selected, otherwise false. |
addEventListener(eventType: string, listener: Function) | Add an event listener. Currently only rowSelected event supported. |
removeEventListener(eventType: string, listener: Function) | Remove event listener. |
resetQuickFilterAggregateText() | The first time quickFilter runs, the grid creates a one-off string representation of the row. This string is then used for the quick filter instead of hitting each column separately. When you edit, using grid editing, this string gets cleared down. However if you edit without using grid editing, you will need to clear this string down for the row to be updated with the new values. Otherwise new values will not work with the quickFilter. |
depthFirstSearch(callback) | Perform a depth-first search of this node and its children. |
setRowHeight(height) | Sets the row height. Call if you want to change the height initially assigned to the row. After calling, you must call api.onRowHeightChanged() so the grid knows it needs to work out the placement of the rows. |
setData(newData) | Sets the data for this item. Results in the entire row getting refreshed. |
Events on Row Nodes
The following events can be listened to on rowNodes:
rowSelected | Row was selected or unselected. |
mouseEnter | Mouse has entered the row. |
mouseLeave | Mouse has left the row. |
cellChanged | One cell value has changed. |
allChildrenCountChanged | allChildrenCount has changed. |
dataChanged | rowData has changed. |
heightChanged | rowHeight has changed. |
topChanged | rowTop has changed. |
firstChildChanged | firstChild has changed. |
lastChildChanged | lastChild has changed. |
childIndexChanged | childIndex has changed. |
rowIndexChanged | rowIndex has changed. |
expandedChanged | expanded has changed. |
uiLevelChanged | uiLevel has changed. |
All events fired by the rowNode are synchronous (events are normally asynchronous). The grid is also
listening for these events internally. This means that when you receive an event, the grid may still
have some work to do (e.g. if rowTop changed, the grid UI may still have to update to reflect this change).
It is also best you do not call any grid API functions while receiving events from the rowNode (as the
grid is still processing). Instead, it is best to put your logic into a timeout and call the grid in another VM tick.
When adding event listeners to a row, they will stay with the row until the row is destroyed. This means if the row is taken out of memory (pagination or virtual paging) then the listener will be removed. Likewise, if you set new data into the grid, all listeners on the old data will be removed.
Be careful when adding listeners to rowNodes in cell renderers that you remove the listener when the rendered
row is destroyed due to row virtualisation. You can cater for this as follows: