jqGrid ASP.NET example with SqlDataSource

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Multiple Search fields per search dialog can be switched on using the SearchDialogSettings.MultipleSearch property. This shows "+" button next to each field and end users can add and remove fields per their requirements. They can also choose if all filters are matched or any of them is matched.

Searching (or also sometimes called "Filtering") is supported through the ShowSearchButton option off the ToolBarSettings collection. This will bring a search dialog with common operations (equal, less or equal, greater, not equal, contains, etc).

You can control the various aspects of the Search Dialog via the SearchDialogSettings collection. While searching is performed automatically, you can hook custom code in the Searching or Searched server side events of the grid.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="default.aspx.cs" Inherits="GridTest.examples.searching.multi_search_dialog._default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Trirand.Web" TagPrefix="trirand" Namespace="Trirand.Web.UI.WebControls" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>jqGrid ASP.NET example with SqlDataSource</title>
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme that will be used by the grid -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.css" />
    <!-- The jQuery UI theme extension jqGrid needs -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />
    <!-- jQuery runtime minified -->
    <script src="/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The localization file we need, English in this case -->
    <script src="/js/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <!-- The jqGrid client-side javascript -->
    <script src="/js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    
    <!-- This jQuery UI library is needed only for the code tabs, not needed by the grid per se -->
    <script src="/js/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>    
    <style type="text/css">    
        body, html { font-size: 80%; }    
    </style>
</head>


<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
    <asp:ScriptManager runat="server" ID="ScriptManager1"></asp:ScriptManager>

    <asp:SqlDataSource runat="server" ID="SqlDataSource1" 
        ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:SQL2008_449777_fhsConnectionString %>"                 
        SelectCommand="SELECT [OrderID], [RequiredDate], [ShipName], [ShipCity], [Freight] FROM [Orders]">
    </asp:SqlDataSource>        
      
    <div id="containerID" runat="server">
        <trirand:JQGrid runat="server" ID="JQGrid1" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" Width="600px" >
            <Columns>
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="OrderID" HeaderText="Order ID" PrimaryKey="True" Width="50" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="RequiredDate" DataFormatString="{0:d}"/>
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="ShipName" Width="200" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="ShipCity" />
                <trirand:JQGridColumn DataField="Freight" />
            </Columns>
            <ToolBarSettings ShowSearchButton="true" />
            <SearchDialogSettings MultipleSearch="true" />
        </trirand:JQGrid>
    </div>  
    
    <br /><br />
        
    <trirand:codetabs runat="server" id="tabs"></trirand:codetabs>     
    
    </form>
</body>
</html>

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace GridTest.examples.searching.multi_search_dialog
{
    public partial class _default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }
    }
}

Switch theme:

Theming is based on the very popular jQuery ThemeRoller standard. This is the same theming mechanism used by jQuery UI and is now a de-facto standard for jQuery based components. The benefits of using ThemeRoller are huge. We can offer a big set of ready to use themes created by professional designers, including Windows-like themes (Redmond), Apple-like theme (Cupertino), etc. In addition to that any jQuery UI controls on the same page will pick the same theme.

Last, but not least, you can always roll your own ThemeRoller theme, using the superb Theme Editor

To use a theme, simply reference 2 Css files in your Html <head> section - the ThemeRoller theme you wish to use, and the jqGrid own ThemeRoller Css file. For example (Redmond theme):

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/redmond/jquery-ui-1.8.1.custom.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/themes/ui.jqgrid.css" />