How do I get the edit to work properly in a gridview

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Who will rid me of this troublesome nested Gridview...

I have two issues with the nested Gridview
1. I have to click the Edit Link twice to get it to fire
2. When it does fire the edit fields are blank instead of containing the text to be edited
the Delete and the ADD actions work without issue

Here is the aspx code for the nested gridview:

<%-- This grid holds all the child elements --%>
<asp:TemplateField>
  <ItemTemplate>
... <tr>
......<td colspan="100%">
...... <div id="div<%# Eval("BulletGroupID") %>" class="gv-bulletItems" >
.........  
.........  <asp:GridView ID="gvBulletItems" runat="server"
............ AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="true" BackColor="White" Width="100%" Font-Size="X-Small"
............ AutoGenerateColumns="false" Font-Names="Verdana" DataKeyNames="BulletGroupID" ShowFooter="true"
............ BorderStyle="Double" BorderColor="#0083C1"
............ OnPageIndexChanging="gvBulletItems_OnPageIndexChanging" 
............ OnRowUpdating="gvBulletItems_OnRowUpdating"
............ OnRowCommand="gvBulletItems_OnRowCommand" 
............ OnRowEditing="gvBulletItems_OnRowEditing"
............ OnRowCancelingEdit="gvBulletItems_OnRowCancelingEdit"
............ OnRowDataBound="gvBulletItems_OnRowDataBound" 
............ OnRowDeleting="gvBulletItems_OnRowDeleting">
............ 
............ <RowStyle BackColor="LightCyan" />
............ <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
............ <HeaderStyle BackColor="#0083C1" ForeColor="White" />
............ <FooterStyle BackColor="PaleTurquoise" />
............ <Columns>
...............<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="BulletGroup ID" Visible="False" SortExpression="BulletGroupID">
...............   <ItemTemplate>
..................  <asp:Label ID="lblBulletGroupID" Text='<%# Eval("BulletGroupID") %>' Visible="False" runat="server"></asp:Label>
...............   </ItemTemplate>

...............</asp:TemplateField>
...............<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="BulletGroup ID" Visible="False" SortExpression="BulletID">
...............   <ItemTemplate>
..................  <asp:Label ID="lblBulletID" Text='<%# Eval("BulletID") %>' Visible="False" runat="server"></asp:Label>
...............   </ItemTemplate>

...............</asp:TemplateField>
...............<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="List Order" SortExpression="ListOrder">
...............   <ItemTemplate><%# Eval("ListOrder")%>  </ItemTemplate>
...............   <EditItemTemplate>
..................  <asp:TextBox ID="txtBiListOrder" Text='<%# Eval("ListOrder")%>' runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
...............   </EditItemTemplate>
...............   <FooterTemplate>
..................  <asp:TextBox ID="txtBiListOrder" Text="" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
...............   </FooterTemplate>
...............</asp:TemplateField>

...............<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Bullet Text" SortExpression="DisplayText">
...............   <ItemTemplate><%# Eval("DisplayText")%></ItemTemplate>
...............   <EditItemTemplate>
..................  <asp:TextBox ID="txtBiDisplayText" Text='<%# Eval("DisplayText")%>'  runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
...............   </EditItemTemplate>
...............   <FooterTemplate>
..................  <asp:TextBox ID="txtBiDisplayText" Text="" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
...............   </FooterTemplate>
...............</asp:TemplateField>
...............<asp:CommandField HeaderText="Edit" ShowEditButton="True" />
...............<asp:CommandField HeaderText="Delete" ShowDeleteButton="True"/>
...............<asp:TemplateField >
...............   <FooterTemplate>
..................  <asp:LinkButton ID="linkAddBulletItem" CommandName="AddBulletItem" runat="server">Add</asp:LinkButton>
...............   </FooterTemplate>
...............</asp:TemplateField>
............ </Columns>
.........  </asp:GridView>
...... </div>
......</td>
... </tr>
  </ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

FYI the parent gridview does not have any of these issues

What I have tried:

Stepping through the code, side by side comparision of the parent gridview

Posted 18-Dec-18 4:44am

RmcbainTheThird

Updated 18-Dec-18 11:38am

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[no name] 18-Dec-18 11:23am

Check for postback on parent grid and make sure you have data binded to nested grid control when your click event fired. Seems nested grid getting cleared on postback

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Vincent Maverick Durano · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-18T11:39:00

Quote:
1. I have to click the Edit Link twice to get it to fire

If you are binding your GridView at Page_Load event, then make sure to wrap your code for binding within !IsPostback block:

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            //Your code for binding your GridView here
        }
}

Quote:
2. When it does fire the edit fields are blank instead of containing the text to be edited
the Delete and the ADD actions work without issue

Make sure that you are repopulating your GridView at RowEditing right after you set the NewEditIndex. For example:

C#

protected void GridViewEmployee_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
    GridViewEmployee.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex; // turn to edit mode
    // Rebind your GridView with the datasource here to show the data in edit mode

}