examples/example-explicit-initialization.html

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      <h2>Demonstrates:</h2>
      <p>
          The container which the grid is being created in needs to be in the DOM and participate in layout
          (can be 'visibility:hidden' but not 'display:none') in order for SlickGrid to be able to make certain
          measurements and initialize event listeners.  Normally, this is done when a SlickGrid instance is 
          being created.  Optionally, you can defer the initialization until the above condition is met and call
          the <b>grid.init()</b> method explicitly.  To use explicit initialization, set the <b>explicitInitialization</b>
          option to true.
          <br/><br/>
          This example demonstrates creating a SlickGrid inside a detached element and calling <b>init()</b> explicitly
          when the element is added to the DOM.
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  var grid;
  var columns = [
    {id: "title", name: "Title", field: "title"},
    {id: "duration", name: "Duration", field: "duration"},
    {id: "%", name: "% Complete", field: "percentComplete"},
    {id: "start", name: "Start", field: "start"},
    {id: "finish", name: "Finish", field: "finish"},
    {id: "effort-driven", name: "Effort Driven", field: "effortDriven"}
  ];

  var options = {
    enableCellNavigation: true,
    enableColumnReorder: false,
    explicitInitialization: true
  };

  $(function () {
    var data = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
      data[i] = {
        title: "Task " + i,
        duration: "5 days",
        percentComplete: Math.round(Math.random() * 100),
        start: "01/01/2009",
        finish: "01/05/2009",
        effortDriven: (i % 5 == 0)
      };
    }

    // create a detached container element
    var myGrid = $("<div id='myGrid' style='width:600px;height:500px;'></div>");
    grid = new Slick.Grid(myGrid, data, columns, options);


    // ... later on, append the container to the DOM and initialize SlickGrid
    myGrid.appendTo($("#myTable"));
    grid.init();
  })
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