Cannot re-apply filters to grid

Question

I have a grid (Ext.grid.Panel) that I need to apply filters to. These filters will be predefined (as opposed to filters you would set by manually choosing them from the grid column dropdowns.)

I have two functions:

// Clear filter
function() {
    grid.filters.clearFilters();
}

// Apply filter
function() {
    grid.filters.clearFilters();

    grid.filters.addFilter({
        dataIndex: 'size',
        type: 'list',
        options: ['small', 'medium', 'large', 'extra large'],
        value: ['small', 'medium']
    });

    store.load();
}

Applying the filter the first time works perfectly. But, if you call the function to clear the filters and then try applying the filter again, the data is not filtered. I'm not getting any errors or feedback at all.

I'm also not sure if this is the recommended way of adding filters. I've seen examples online where filters are applied to the store directly, but from what I've seen, the grid won't recognize that those filters are in place.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

egerardus egerardus · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-23T04:15:19

I had to do this also. It was part of a bigger function that applied a JSON "grid format object" (containing any number of grid filters, visible columns and a sort column and direction) to a rendered grid panel.

The requirement was that a user needed to be able save the existing gridpanel's visible columns, applied filters and applied sorting into a database with a name and then at later date be able to re-apply these three things to a grid panel to get the same filters, visible columns and sort state by selecting their saved format.

I also did not want to use the store filter because the selected filter options needed to be visible on the gridpanel filter feature UI (the grid filter drop menus) in case the user wanted to adjust them.

Here's an example of a grid format JSON that would be saved by a user:

{
"columns":[
    "first_name",
    "last_name",
    "course",
    "course_room",
    "student_status",
    "start_date",
    "schedule",
    "time_on_course",
    "attendance",
    "this_period",
    "acct_bal"
  ],
"filters":[{
    "field":"student_status",
    "data":{
        "type":"list",
        "value":"Attending"
    }
}],
"sort":{
        "property":"start_date",
        "direction":"ASC"
    }
}

Here is the function, the JSON is used as the argument:

applyLogFormat: function(format) {
    var log = this.getLog(),
        format = Ext.JSON.decode(format);

    log.filters.autoReload = false;

    // apply the grid filters correctly
    log.filters.clearFilters();
    Ext.each(format.filters, function(filter) {
        var gridFilter = log.filters.getFilter(filter.field);

        gridFilter.setActive(true);
        switch(gridFilter.type) {

            case 'date':
                var dateValue = Ext.Date.parse(filter.data.value, 'm/d/Y'),
                    value = filter.data.comparison == 'gt' ? {after: dateValue} : {before: dateValue};

                gridFilter = log.filters.getFilter(filter.field);
                gridFilter.setValue(value);
                break;

            case 'list':
                gridFilter = log.filters.getFilter(filter.field);
                gridFilter.menu.setSelected(gridFilter.menu.selected, false);
                gridFilter.menu.setSelected(filter.data.value.split(','), true);
                break;

            default :
                gridFilter = log.filters.getFilter(filter.field);
                gridFilter.setValue(filter.data.value);
                break;
        }
    });

    // remove any pre-existing sorting from the grid
    Ext.each(log.columns, function(column, index) {
        if (column.hasCls('x-column-header-sort-ASC') ||
            column.hasCls('x-column-header-sort-DESC')) {
            log.columns[index].setSortState(null);
            return false;
        }
    });

    // show only the specified columns
    log.suspendLayout = true;
    Ext.each(log.columns, function(column) {
        if (column.dataIndex) {
            column.setVisible(Ext.Array.contains(format.columns, column.dataIndex));
        }
    });
    log.suspendLayout = false;
    log.doComponentLayout();

    // set the sorter
    if (format.sort) {
        var column = log.down('gridcolumn[dataIndex=' + 
            format.sort.property + ']');
        column.setSortState(format.sort.direction);
        log.filters.autoReload = true;
    } else {
        log.store.sorters.clear();
        log.store.loadPage(1);
        log.filters.autoReload = true;
    }
}

This was all done for 4.1.0

EDIT:

I realized there was an important part of the implementation which isn't visible from that function.

Normally the gridpanel filter feature menus do not get created until a user physically clicks on one of them. Then they are all created. I suppose this is for memory saving purposes?

Obviously, this function will not work until the filter menus have been created.

To handle this I explicitly create them in the gridpanel's afterrender event so that they are available right away. This function will then work even if a user has not clicked on one of the filter menus.

I am using the MVC pattern so I did from the gridpanel's controller, like this:

// code from gridpanel's controller
var me = this;
me.control({

    'log': {
        afterrender: function() {
            me.getLog().filters.createFilters();
        },
    },

    // ... other event handlers

});

Cannot re-apply filters to grid

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