Implementing Row-Click Edit Popup in Kendo UI Grid: A Step-by-Step Guide

 To open the edit popup in a Kendo UI Grid when a row is clicked, you can use the following approach:

1. First, ensure that you have included the required Kendo UI scripts and stylesheets in your HTML file. You can include them from the Kendo CDN or use the locally downloaded files.

2. Set up your Kendo UI Grid with the necessary configuration options, such as columns, data source, and editable settings. Make sure to include a custom command column to handle the edit popup.

<div id="grid"></div>

<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#grid").kendoGrid({
      dataSource: {
        // Configure your data source here
      },
      columns: [
        // Define your grid columns here
      ],
      editable: "popup", // Set the edit mode to "popup"
      toolbar: ["create"], // Include a "create" button in the toolbar
      pageable: true,
      sortable: true,
      navigatable: true,
      edit: function(e) {
        // Custom edit event handler
      },
      command: [
        {
          name: "edit",
          text: {
            edit: "",
            update: "Save", // Custom text for the update button
            cancel: "Cancel" // Custom text for the cancel button
          },
          template: "<a class='k-grid-edit' href='javascript:void(0)'></a>"
        }
      ]
    });
  });
</script>

3. Add a click event handler to the grid rows that will trigger the edit popup. Inside the event handler, you can use the editRow method of the grid's edit function to open the edit popup for the clicked row.

<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    // ...

    $("#grid").kendoGrid({
      // ...

      edit: function(e) {
        if (e.model.isNew()) {
          // Handle the edit event for a new row
        } else {
          // Handle the edit event for an existing row
        }
      }
    });

    // Row click event handler
    $("#grid").on("click", "tbody > tr", function(e) {
      var grid = $("#grid").data("kendoGrid");
      var row = $(this);

      // Get the data item for the clicked row
      var dataItem = grid.dataItem(row);

      // Open the edit popup for the clicked row
      grid.editRow(row);

      e.preventDefault();
    });
  });
</script>

With this setup, when a row is clicked in the Kendo UI Grid, the edit popup will open for that row, allowing you to edit its data. You can customize the edit popup and handle the edit event based on your specific requirements.