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Data Grid Selection

This section is dedicated to all properties, events and methods for handling selection on the JavaScript data grid.

Documentation

Methods

Methods available to deal with the JavaScript grid selection

Method Description
getHighlighted Get the coordinates of the highlighted cells.
getHighlighted() : Array | null

getRange Get the range description of the highlighted cells.
getRange() : String | null

selectAll Select all cells.
selectAll() : void

updateSelection Select the cells from the coordinates of a DOM element.
updateSelection(e1: DOMElement, e2: DOMElement) : void

updateSelectionFromCoords Select the cells by coordinates.
updateSelectionFromCoords(x1: Number, y1: Number, x2: Number, y2: Number) : void

resetSelection Remove the selection.
resetSelection() : void

isSelected Verify if the coordinates given are included in the current selection.
isSelected(x: Number, y: Number) : Boolean

Data Grid Events

Event Description
onblur onblur(worksheet: Object) : void
onfocus onfocus(worksheet: Object) : void
onselection onselection(worksheet: Object, x1: Number, y1: Number, x2: Number, y2: Number, e: MouseEvent) : void

Initial Settings

Property Description
selectionCopy: boolean Disable the clone selection.

Examples

Select all worksheet cells in the data grid programmatically.

<html>
<script src="https://jspreadsheet.com/v8/jspreadsheet.js"></script>
<script src="https://jsuites.net/v5/jsuites.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jspreadsheet.com/v8/jspreadsheet.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jsuites.net/v5/jsuites.css" type="text/css" />

<div id="spreadsheet"></div>

<br/>
<button id="selectallbtn">Select all</button>
<button id="updateselectionbtn">updateSelectionFromCoords(2,2,3,3)</button>

<script>
// Set the JSS spreadsheet license
jspreadsheet.setLicense('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');

// Create the spreadsheet
let table = jspreadsheet(document.getElementById('spreadsheet'), {
    worksheets: [{
        minDimensions: [6,6],
    }],
});

document.getElementById("selectallbtn").onclick = () => table[0].selectAll();
document.getElementById("updateselectionbtn").onclick = () => table[0].updateSelectionFromCoords(2,2,3,3);
</script>
</html>