AllowCustomText and MarkFirstMatch don't work in IE9

[tomekm]

I use 2010.1.519.40 version of Rad Controls for ASP.NET AJAX

My RadComboBox uses markfirstmatch="true and allowcustomtext="true"

Here is code snippet:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" runat="server" AllowCustomText="True" MarkFirstMatch="True"
  DataSourceID="LinqDataSource1" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="Id">
</telerik:RadComboBox>

It does not work in IE9.

Autocomplete does not work at all and when I type custom text into control, on postback previously selected is set and RadComboBox1.Text on server side is set to that item.

Is there any fix/workaround?

[Shinu]

Hello Rychu,

IE 9, FireFox 4 and Google Chrome10 are supported by Telerik controls starting Q1 2011. So I suggest you to migrate to the new version. With older versions these browsers are only partially supported and the new features/enhancements or bugfixes merely for new versions of our AJAX components.

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Sompop]

Hi Shinu and Team,

I know that you mentioned that Telerik will support since 2011 Q1. However, the latest version of .Net 2.0 is 2010 Q3 SP2. My issue is probably similar or the same. There is not much problem with IE8; however, with IE9, I have to use compatibility view in order for the "AllowCustomText" to work as expected. If not click compatibility view on IE9, when users type something not in the list, it will go back to the previous selected item on the list. If there is a workaround or some code to put, please let me know. Or if the latest version of .Net 2.0 is later than 2010 Q3 SP2 and it fixes this problem, please let me know as well.

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="rcbModel" runat="server" DataSourceID="SQLDS_Model" Skin="Default"
AutoPostBack="False" MarkFirstMatch="True" DataValueField="model" DataTextField="model" AllowCustomText="true" />

Thank you,

[Helen]

Hello,

You have two options:

1. Force the page to open in Compatibility View.
2. You may build the source code of some of the latest versions(Q1 20011 and later) against .net2.0.


Regards,
Helen
the Telerik team

[Sompop]

It actually works to force to open the page in compatibility view mode by taking out of the doctype tag. However, the css on my app is acting weird now.

I guess I have to find some other ways to achieve this.

Thank you,

[Dimitar Terziev]

Hi Sompop,

My suggestion is try the second option and build a .NET 2.0 dll from the source code, as my colleague had suggested.

On how to force the page to open in compatibility view, please refer to the following help document.

Greetings,
Dimitar Terziev
the Telerik team