[solved] filter functionality of CGridView not working inside a form

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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Problem: The filtering(search through header) of CGridView is not working when put inside a Form.

I have a view that contains a CGridView and a htmlForm around it. The sequence is

  • CHtml::beginForm()

  • Some fields (textbox, dropdown, etc.)

  • CGridView ( the one where filtering is required )

  • CHtml::submitButton

  • CHtml::endForm()

When i put some text in the filter text box and press ‘Enter’ the html form is submitted, instead of applying the filter and showing the relevant rows.However, when i remove the form from the view the search starts working.

Please let me know if i am missing something or there is another way of achieving this. Basically i need a form that contains a CGridView with working search functionality.

P.S: The sort functionality of CGridView is working fine.

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Hello Gautam,

do you mean to prevent the form to submit when the user hit enter? Maybe you can disable enter key to prevent it submit the form…

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I tried disabling the enter key for form, but now for search to take effect the user needs to press ‘tab’ i.e go to another field.

I want to retain the basic functionality of the filter in CGridView (the user types something and press Enter and the filtering happens)

Please let me know if i am missing someting.

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If so, actually I have a good idea.

You can remove the submit button on the form. Instead of a input type submit, you put an normal input type button

and give it an onclick=‘form.submit’

a little code like this


echo CHtml::button('Submit',array('onclick'=>'submit()'));

This will fix the problem…

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Thanks a ton!! Problem solved :)

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sure… you are welcome :)

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