I used to have the previous version of ignite ui (2012). I had a grid that was functional with no problems.

columns: [
{ headerText: headerTextValues[0], key: "cntID", hidden: true },
{ headerText: headerTextValues[1], key: "cntAKA", width: 250, template: "<a class='editDialog' href='Home/ManageContact?cntID=${cntID}&command=edit'>${cntAKA}</a>" },
//{ headerText: headerTextValues[2], key: "cntRelation", width: 250, template: "<a href='Home/ManageContact?cntID=${cntID}&command=edit' class='editDialog'>${cntRelation}</a>" },
//{ headerText: headerTextValues[2], key: "cntRelation", width: 250, template: "<a href='javascript;' onclick='return show_more_menu(); class='editDialog'>${cntRelation}</a>" },
{ headerText: headerTextValues[2], key: "cntRelation", width: 250, template: "<a href='Home/ManageContact?cntID=${cntID}&command=edit' class='editDialog'>${cntRelation}</a>" },

//{ headerText: headerTextValues[3], key: "cntRelation", hidden: true, width: 250, template: "<a href='FullPage/ManageContactInternal?cntID=${cntID}&command=edit' class='editDialogInternal'>${cntRelation}</a>" },
//{ headerText: headerTextValues[3], key: "hrefUrlTest", width: 250 },

],

I had a link in the template as shown in the code above.

When I upgraded igniteui to the latest version (2014), the link is no longer functional.

I tried the link as a standalone (outside of the grid template) and it works with no problems but when trying it in the iggrid template it doesn't work.

Sonia