Working with row selection in Infragistics WebHierarchicalDataGrid can be complicated since it maintains independent row selection collection for each row island and basic operations (select/unselect) aren’t that obvious. I put together a few functions to make it a little bit easier.

This first function is very basic, it returns total count of selected rows across all expanded row islands, no matter what depth. The key here is get_selectedRowsResolved() method of Selection behavior which returns an array of all selected rows:

// Returns number of selected rows from all rowislands in WebHiearchicalDataGrid
// i_oGrid: Infragistics WebHiearchicalDataGrid object
function selRowsCount(i_oGrid) {
    return  i_oGrid.get_gridView().get_behaviors().get_selection().get_selectedRowsResolved().length 
}

The following function loops thru all selected rows, collecting values from specific column (useful for example for collecting IDs of selected rows). It accepts 3 parameters – WebHiearchicalDataGrid object, column key and separator character and returns a string in which selected values are separated by that character (if nothing is passed – default separator is comma). The function assumes that the column with this key exist at every level of hierarchy:

// Return list values from selected rows of Infragistics WebHiearchicalDataGrid
// i_oGrid: Infragistics WebHiearchicalDataGrid object
// i_sColumnKey: Key of column from which cells to extract values
// i_sSeparator: Separator between values in output string
function selRowsToList(i_oGrid, i_sColumnKey, i_sSeparator) {
    var sOutput = '';
    if (typeof (i_sSeparator) == 'undefined') i_sSeparator = ',';

    //Getting array of ALL selected rows accross all rowislands
    var aSelectedRows = i_oGrid.get_gridView().get_behaviors().get_selection().get_selectedRowsResolved();
    var sCellValue;

    //looping thru ALL selected rows collecting values
    for (I = 0; I < aSelectedRows.length; I++) {
        //getting cell value
        sCellValue = aSelectedRows[I].get_cellByColumnKey(i_sColumnKey).get_text();

        sOutput += sCellValue;
        if (I < aSelectedRows.length - 1) sOutput += i_sSeparator
    }

    return sOutput
}

The next function does the opposite of the previous one – it selects rows based on passed values. It accepts string with list of values and then attempts to locate a row by value from that list; if row is found – it’s selected. Function assumes that column with the key exists at at every level of hierarchy

// Selects row in WebHiearchicalDataGrid based on list of passed values
// i_oGridView: Top level grid in Infragistics WebHiearchicalDataGrid object
// i_sColumnKey: Key of column to which cells to compare
// i_sIDlist: String with list of values based on which rows are selected
// i_sSeparator: Separator between values in string with values
function listToSelRows(i_oGridView, i_sColumnKey, i_sIDlist, i_sSeparator) {
    if (typeof (i_sSeparator) == 'undefined') i_sSeparator = ',';

    var aIDlist = i_sIDlist.split(i_sSeparator);
    var aRows = i_oGridView.get_rows(); // getting collection of all rows from current gridview
    var aSelectedRows = i_oGridView.get_behaviors().get_selection().get_selectedRows(); // getting collection of selected rows from current view

    var oRow, oCell, aRowIslands;

    //looping thru all rows in current gridview
    for (var I = 0; I < aRows.get_length(); I++) { 
        oRow = aRows.get_row(I);

        //locating cell by column key
        oCell = oRow.get_cellByColumnKey(i_sColumnKey);

        //if cell's value exists in passed-in string of values - select that row
        if (Array.indexOf(aIDlist, oCell.get_text()) != -1) aSelectedRows.add(oRow);

        //getting child row islands of current row
        aRowIslands = oRow.get_rowIslands();

        //looping thru child row islands calling function itself recursively 
        for (var J = 0; J < aRowIslands.length; J++) {
            listToSelRows(aRowIslands[J], i_sColumnKey, i_sIDlist, i_sSeparator)
        } 
    }
}

The last function simple clears selection from the grid completely:

// Clear selection accross all the rowislands of the WebHiearchicalDataGrid
// i_oGrid: Infragistics WebHiearchicalDataGrid object
function clearRowSelection(i_oGrid) {
    //Getting array of groups of selected rows
    var oSelRowsCollections = i_oGrid.get_gridView().get_behaviors().get_selection().get_selectedRowsCollections();

    //Looping thru array of groups of selected rows, clearing each in turn
    for (var I = 0; I < oSelRowsCollections.length;I++ ) {
        oSelRowsCollections[I].clear();
    }
}