How to Add custom html to Header in WebGrid

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Posted on March 30, 2013by mtryambake

How to make a MVC 3 Webgrid with checkbox column?
This article will show you a How to Add custom html to Header in WebGrid e.g. add a check box in webgrid header.

Some time you come across a situation where you have to add html element (checkbox) in webgrid header, consider a column with checkbox and you want to add checkbox in the header of same column.

Approach: In document.ready event find out webgrid header and replace it with html string.

     $(document).ready(function () {         $(‘#gridContent table th‘).each(function () {             if (this.innerHTML == "") {                 this.innerHTML = "<input type=‘checkbox‘ id=‘chkHeader‘  />";             }         });     });

Application: If you have a checkbox column in webgrid and on clicking of header checkbox all checkbox in column will be checked.

<script type="text/javascript">     $(document).ready(function () {         $(‘#gridContent table th‘).each(function () {             if (this.innerHTML == "") {                 this.innerHTML = "<input type=‘checkbox‘ id=‘chkHeader‘  />";             }         });         $(‘#gridContent table th input:checkbox‘).click(function (e) {             var table = $(e.target).closest(‘table‘);             $(‘td input:checkbox‘, table).attr(‘checked‘, e.target.checked);         });     });</script>========================================================================================================

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$(function () {    $(‘.gridTable thead tr th:first‘).html(        $(‘<input/>‘, {            type: ‘checkbox‘,            click: function () {                var checkboxes = $(this).closest(‘table‘).find(‘tbody tr td input[type="checkbox"]‘);                checkboxes.prop(‘checked‘, $(this).is(‘:checked‘));            }        })    );});

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