ComboBox for Silverlight

Overview

Telerik Silverlight ComboBox is not yet another dropdown-list control.  The control has number of advanced features like several edit modes, autocomplete, filtering, rich event and programming model, as well as full customization capabilities.

 

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Features

• Powerful DataBinding
• Editable Mode
• Autocomplete
• Filtering
• Add, Remove, Disable
• Styling and Appearance
• Silverlight/WPF Code Compatibility
• Keyboard Support
• Codeless Test Automation for ComboBox

• Powerful DataBinding

  Telerik ComboBox for Silverlight can be bound to any collection, retrieved from a web service, or created in the code behind.
  
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• Editable Mode

  Telerik Silverlight ComboBox can be editable, allowing the user to type in its text box, or non-editable, where the text box is hidden. In addition, you could make the text box read-only, in order to keep the editable look, but to prevent the user from typing.

  

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• Autocomplete

  In editable mode Telerik Silverlight ComboBox can autocomplete the text that the user is typing with the text of the first matching item. In non-editable mode, the first matching item is highlighted while the user is typing.

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• Filtering

  The user can filter the combobox items in order to easily find what he/she is searching for. Telerik ComboBox for Silverlight can be configured to filter the items that start with the specified text, or the items that contain the specified text.

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• Add, Remove, Disable

  The rich programming model of the ComboBox control allows you to entirely manipulate the control form the code behind. See how you can add/remove or enable/disable items in the ComboBox control.
  
  

  
  
  

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• Styling and Appearance

  RadComboBox comes with several predefined themes and fully supports customization in Expression Blend. In addition, you can configure the control to apply one, or many different DataTemplates and Styles on its items by implementing a DataTemplateSelector and StyleSelector classes. The control also allows you to specify different template for the selected item and the items in the dropdown.
  
  

  
  

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• Silverlight/WPF Code Compatibility

  The Silverlight ComboBox shares a single codebase with its WPF counterpart. This means that you can achieve close to 100% code reuse for your ComboBox logic if you have parallel Silverlight/WPF  development.

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• Keyboard Support

  Telerik Silverlight ComboBox has full support for keyboard navigation.

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• Codeless Test Automation for ComboBox

  Now you can record, execute and debug functional tests for ComboBox without leaving the familiar Visual Studio environment. Telerik WebUI Test Studio is an advanced click and play web application testing tool specialized for automating both AJAX and Silverlight applications. The Studio ships with special translators for Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight.
  

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