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Working with Items in Client-Side

RadComboBox for ASP.NET AJAX provides a client-side API for adding, deleting, and updating items.

Add Item

To add an item, use the RadComboBoxItemCollection.add method. If you want the change made to RadComboBox items, to persist after a postback, you must wrap the call to the add method, between a call to the RadComboBox.trackChanges method and a call to the RadComboBox.commitChanges method:


function addNewItem() {
    var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
    var comboItem = new Telerik.Web.UI.RadComboBoxItem();
    comboItem.set_text("New Item");
    combo.trackChanges();
    combo.get_items().add(comboItem);
    comboItem.select();
    combo.commitChanges();        
}

Remove Item

Use the Remove method of the RadComboBoxItemCollection object to remove items:


function removeItem() {
    var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
    var comboItem = combo.get_selectedItem();
    if (comboItem) {
        combo.trackChanges();
        combo.get_items().remove(comboItem);
        combo.commitChanges();
    }
}

Enable and Disable Item

Use the enable and disable methods of the RadComboBoxItem object to enable or disable items:


function enableItem(){
    var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
    var comboItem = combo.get_selectedItem();
    if (comboItem && !comboItem.get_enabled()) {
        combo.commitChanges();
        comboItem.enable();
        combo.trackChanges();
    }
} 

function disableItem() {
    var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
    var comboItem = combo.get_selectedItem();
    if (comboItem) {
        combo.commitChanges();
        comboItem.disable();
        combo.trackChanges();
    }
}   

For further details, check the following example: Add/Remove/Disable Items

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