DataGrids with no UI

[Klaus on-rev]

Hi Todd,

Am 26.09.2012 um 15:48 schrieb Todd Geist <todd at geistinteractive.com>:

> Hello,
> 
> I keep wanting to use hidden Data Grids, so much so that I have been considering trying to rip out the UI. 
> The simplest use for this would be something like this.
> I have a group of fields on a card. And I want that group bound to something just like the DataGrid except I will never show the DataGrid to the user.  The user navigates from record to record, does searches, adds new records, deletes records, etc.  All from the card.   DataGrids have a lot of stuff that can help manage that.  And it might be nice to have an API that was consistent between the 
> So my question is… does anyone else feel a need for this?  Do you think it is worth trying to create a control with the same Data API as the DataGrid, but with no UI? Are there any benefits to be gained over just using a hidden DataGrid.

hmm, DataGrid - UI = Array

So why not just use an array (global/local variable or even a custom property) to keep the data?
At least that's what I would do :-)

> Thanks 
> 
> Todd

Best

Klaus

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