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SmartGWT: Checkbox Tree - the proper way to get selected checkbox value

SmartGWT has this property for a TreeGrid object:

employeeTreeGrid.setSelectionAppearance(SelectionAppearance.CHECKBOX);

This by default 'prepends' every nodes (including root) with checkbox. (Just making myself clear.)

Also, I am aware of this similar solved question: GWT tree with checkbox:How to get all checked tree items?

However, I do not seek this kind of solution.. What I'm looking for is a more efficient way, where I don't have to loop through 1000 items.

Is there any way to do this, if possible, using the widget I am using now? If not, is there any other way, using other widget?

Thank you very much!

Solution

  • I think as you use SelectionAppearance.CHECKBOX you tell to the grid that the selected records are marked by the checkbox field value. So every time you check one you select a record. You can get the set of selected records by either getSelection() method or getSelectedRecords(boolean) because of deprecation of the previuous one. You can have a look at the code of this example of the smartgwt showcase.