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Set cursor to beginning of field in editable grid

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Posted on by DAcustom555 55

Due to some D365 system behavior, I'm trying to find a way to set the cursor to the beginning of a text field on editable grid control on selection. For now, I'm seeing I'm trying to see if setFocus will do it.

I've tried a number of versions of this code but I keep getting "Cannot read properties of null" or setFocus is not a function errors. 

function Grid_And_Form(executionContext) {
var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();
var gridContext = formContext.getControl("Opportunities");
var myRows = gridContext.getGrid().getRows();
myRows.getControl("wc_nextsteps").setFocus();

}

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Set cursor to beginning of field in editable grid

    Hi DAcustom555,

    Here are some error in your code:

    1. gridContext.getGrid().getRows(); would return the collection of all your rows. Its return type is "Collection" which doesn't support getControl() function.

    getRows (Client API reference) in model-driven apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

    Collections (Client API reference) in model-driven apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

    2. Based on the API doc, grid cell doesn't support setFocus() method, please refer to this doc:

    GridCell (Client API reference) in model-driven apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

    Here is a thread about getting sub grid by JS, you could have a look:

    Total amount of a dynamic filtered data in a sub-grid - Dynamics 365 General Forum Community Forum

  • DAcustom555 Profile Picture
    DAcustom555 55 on at
    RE: Set cursor to beginning of field in editable grid

    Thanks! When I use your example, it looks like it is not making it past the first if but completed with no errors. I do have values in many of the nextsteps field. Any ideas?

  • Mahendar Pal Profile Picture
    Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at
    RE: Set cursor to beginning of field in editable grid

    Hi,

    First thing try to add if in every line to make sure the object is available which will help you to get rid of this null error.

    for example

    unction Grid_And_Form(executionContext) {

    var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();

    if(formContext.getControl("Opportunities")!=null)

    {

    var gridContext = formContext.getControl("Opportunities");

    if(gridContext.getGrid()!=null)

    {

    var myRows = gridContext.getGrid().getRows();

    if(myRows.getControl("wc_nextsteps")!=null)

    {

    myRows.getControl("wc_nextsteps").setFocus();

    }

    }

    }

    }

    you can also try to timer but not sure if that will help

    carldesouza.com/.../

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