<asp:TemplateField
ShowHeader
=
"False"
>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:HiddenField ID="hdID" runat="server" Value='
<%
# Eval("JobID")
%>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField
Visible
=
"False"
>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton
ID
=
"lnkSelect"
runat
=
"server"
CommandName
=
"select"
Text
=
"Select"
/>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
Then on the OnRowDataBind have code to set the selected row
protected virtual void Grid_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
// Click to highlight row
Control lnkSelect = e.Row.FindControl("lnkSelect");
if (lnkSelect != null)
{
StringBuilder click = new StringBuilder();
click.AppendLine(m_View.Page.ClientScript.GetPostBackClientHyperlink(lnkSelect, String.Empty));
click.AppendLine(String.Format("onGridViewRowSelected('{0}')", e.Row.RowIndex));
e.Row.Attributes.Add("onclick", click.ToString());
}
}
}
And then in the Javascript I have code like this
<script type="text/javascript">
var selectedRowIndex = null;
function onGridViewRowSelected(rowIndex)
{
selectedRowIndex = rowIndex;
}
function editItem()
{
if (selectedRowIndex == null) return;
var gridView = document.getElementById('<%= GridView1.ClientID %>');
var cell = gridView.rows[parseInt(selectedRowIndex)+1].cells[0];
var hidID = cell.childNodes[0];
window.open('JobTypeEdit.aspx?id=' + hidID.value);
}
</script>