Help with CustomEditor

[Rayne]

I'm trying to create a custom editor using a comboBox. It correctly displays the combobox when I select the property, but I can't seem to get it display the collection. I'm binding it to a property on my viewmodel and stepping through the code, I know this collection is being loaded with data.

<DataTemplate x:Key="RequestorEditor">
   <telerik:RadComboBox SelectedValue="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay, FallbackValue=null}"
      MinWidth="100" ItemsSource="{Binding Requestors}" DisplayMemberPath="FullName"
      SelectedValuePath="UserID" />
</DataTemplate>

Is there a reason it wouldn't work?

[Rayne]

OK, I checked my databinding warnings and found that it's trying to bind using SimpleFilterViewModel. I changed it to use the RelativeAncestor like so:

ItemsSource="{Binding DataContext.Requestors, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=UserControl, Mode=FindAncestor}}"

but now I get an error when I click the + to add a new filterDescriptor via the control: "Input string was not in a correct format." I'm guessing because the property I'm trying to work with is the first one that loads.

Any ideas?

[Rossen Hristov]

Hello,

I am really not sure why your code does not work.

Here we have an example with a custom combo box editor. I hope this helps.

All the best,
Ross
the Telerik team

[Vega]

I know this is an old thread, but I just encountered the same problem as Rayne & after a bit of investigation found that the problem was with FallbackValue=null. This was not setting the value to Null (Nothing), but to a String called 'null'. You can see this by inspecting the e.Editor (combo box) and looking at the selected value, which was of type String. Removing the FallbackValue worked for me