ComboBox SelectionChangeCommited equivalent event for radDropDownList ?

[Pantelis]

Hello,

Whats the equivalent of RadDropDownList for classic WinForms ComboBox SelectionChangeCommited event? Kind of hard to guess since Telerik events lack documentation on Visual Studio Properties Window. 

Thanks in advance.

[Anton]

Hi Pantelis,

Thank you for writing.

There is no direct equivalent of SelectionChangeCommited event in our RadDropDownList control. Could you describe in detail what is your goal, so I can provide you with suitable solution for your case.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Greetings,
Anton
the Telerik team

[Pantelis]

I'm in a situation, where I need to bind controls frequently. Those are search criteria controls where the results are displayed in a datagrid. I would normally use SelectionChangeCommited in classic WinForms and set the SelectedValue property to the desired value, without raising the event whenever I rebind the controls (the search is done from a search Button).  I just found it a bit irritating hooking and unhooking the SelectedIndexChanged event everytime I need to rebind the controls (which is my workaround), so I was wondering if there was something similar to the event in question.

Thanks.

[Anton]

Hi Pantelis,

Thank you for writing back.

Your workaround is good solution. However you can achieve the same behavior if you subscribe to SelectedIndexChanging event and cancel it depending on your logic:

void list_SelectedIndexChanging(object sender, Telerik.WinControls.UI.Data.PositionChangingCancelEventArgs e)
{
    if (Your condition)
    {
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
}

This will cancel SelectedIndexChanged and SelectedValueChanged events as well.

I hope this helps. If you have further questions, feel free to write back.

Kind regards,
Anton
the Telerik team