Question

Is it possible to render a Grid with one row selected as default (set the right page number and highlight the row)?

Answer 1

For highlighting, try using the “OnRowDataBound” event

.ClientEvents(events => events.OnRowDataBound("onRowDataBound"))

with something like

function onRowDataBound(e) {
    var myId = $('#MyId').val();

    if (e.dataItem.Id == myId)
        e.row.className = 't-state-selected';
}

I’m still trying to figure out how to set the correct initial page number. This bloke might be on to something.