Get specific column when Kendo Grid row is selected

Question

I'm quite new to Kendo UI and would appreciate if someone could give an advice. I need to get a value of specific column when my grid row is selected. Till now I can get the values of all columns of selected row:

$("#grid").kendoGrid({
...
change:onChange,
columns: [{
            field: "Number",                
            title: 'Number',

        }, {
            field: "Title",
            title: "Title",               
        }]
});

onChange function:

function onChange(arg) {
        var selected = $.map(this.select(), function (item) {
            return $(item).text();
        });

        alert(selected);
    }

I need to take the selected value of Number column. Something like $(item[name='Number']).text(); I know I could parse the string but I guess there is another way.

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

You should be using the dataItem method of the Kendo UI Grid to retrieve the actual data item of the row you selected - reference. Then, you can retrieve the value you need by property name.

function onChange(e) {
  var selected = this.select()[0],
      item = this.dataItem(selected);

  alert(item.Number);
}

Answer 2

if you have multiple selection and want to collect first column of all selected row. use following code

      var allSelected = "";          
      var selectedRows = this.select();
        for (i = 0; i < selectedRows.length ; i++) {
            allSelected = allSelected + ", " + this.dataItem(selectedRows[i]).task_number;
        }