To Address like Gmail

[Akhil Raj]

hi,
  i am some new to telerik rad control for asp.net ajax... Now my actual scenario is ...

-> want to implement a mail system and i want to show the "To address" just like gmail.
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   - So when i press a letter the email list filtered with "contains"
   - Want to show email list with multiline textbox ie input area
 
Actually i implemented with rad combo box and used filter concept. but some constraints i want help

1. when no text entered don't want to show the drop down
2. Can i change the input are to multiline  mode?

Please give a solution for this...? Any other control help about this concept..?
 

[Shinu]

Hello Akhil Raj,

Here is the code that I tried to achieve same functionality. Give a try with this.

aspx:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" MarkFirstMatch="true"
    DataTextField="mailId" Filter="Contains" EmptyMessage="Type an E-mail"
    AllowCustomText="true" AutoCompleteSeparator=";" ShowDropDownOnTextboxClick="False">

</telerik:RadComboBox>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"
    SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Details]">
</asp:SqlDataSource>

Also checkout the following demo: ComboBox / Autocomplete

And I guess multiline combobox is not possible. checkout the forum post which discusses same scenario.
Multi-line Combo-box

-Shinu.

[Akhil Raj]

thanks friend....  i tried that scenario with load on demand (using LIKE operator).. and working nicely

but multiline not get so only asked..

Now i implemented same with filter but can i overcome the follwing issues

1. want to avoid dropdown when not have text