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Add new item to suggestion list with what the user typed

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RENAUD
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RENAUD asked on 08 Apr 2013, 01:38 PM
Hi!

I would like to add some items in the suggestion list as the user type information in it.

Example:
- My list contains A, B, C, D
- The user type E and press enter.
- E is added to the list, the UI is refreshed so the little "tag" appear properly

I'm currently half-way of acheving this. The "E" is added to the list, but I have to erase the text in order to be able to see the E in the suggestion list...

An "official" code or guideline would help me a lot.

Thanks!

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Svett
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answered on 11 Apr 2013, 12:34 PM
Hello Renaud,

Thank you for writing.

You should subscribe to the KeyDown event of the RadAutoCompleteBox control to achieve the desired behavior. You can use the following code snippet:
private void autoComplete_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter && !autoComplete.TextBoxElement.IsAutoCompleteDropDownOpen)
    {
        TextPosition textPosition = this.autoComplete.TextBoxElement.Navigator.CaretPosition;
 
        if (textPosition != null && textPosition.TextBlock is TextBlockElement && textPosition.CharPosition == textPosition.TextBlock.Length)
        {
            this.autoComplete.TextBoxElement.ViewElement.Insert(textPosition, this.autoComplete.Delimiter.ToString());
        }
    }
}

I hope this helps

Regards,
Svett
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