Coding With David

 Back in March, I posted a new Blazor data grid with a search box ( see post ).  Since then I have found a new and improved search box that I wanted to implement.  The search part is implemented the same.  What I added was the ability for the user to narrow down the search by selecting which field they wanted to search on.  This will help the user find what they are looking for and in a large collection, the search will end up being faster. The goal of making the change was to make the search box a new component and have it handle the UI functionality part. Prep Work Here is the prep work I did before adding the search box: Started with the source code from the post listed above. Upgraded the project to .Net 5 Upgraded the Nuget packages that were out of date. Ensured every build and run. Change to a Component I wanted to create a component for the search box so I could use it in other applications.   1. Create a Folder under UIControls called "SearchB...

Use case: Most applications use some type of confirmation dialog to validate that a user really wants to do an action such we delete a record or leave a page without saving.   Some need a simple form to allow the user to input a simple value, rename an object etc. For this project I went with the server-side application, but everything would work the same for the client-side application.   See Blazor.Net for a description of the difference. Needing these myself, I thought it would be good to create a Common Dialog component to use in my allocation. The first step was to identify what are the common parts.   I came up with these: Common Dialog           1.        Heading           2.        Message           3.        An action to perform So, these are the parameters I...