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DropDownListItemBuilder

Class

Defines the fluent interface for configuring child DropDonwList items.

Definition

Assembly:Kendo.Mvc.dll

Syntax:

public class DropDownListItemBuilder

Inheritance: objectDropDownListItemBuilder

Initializes a new instance of the DropDownListItemBuilder class.

public DropDownListItemBuilder(DropDownListItem item)

The item.

Define when the item will be expanded on intial render.

public DropDownListItemBuilder Selected(bool value)

Parameters:valuebool

If true the item will be selected.

Returns:

Example:

@( Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("DropDownList")
.Items(items =&gt;
{
items.Add().Text("First Item").Selected(true);
})
)

Sets the value for the item.

public DropDownListItemBuilder Text(string value)

Parameters:valuestring

The value.

Returns:

Example:

@( Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("DropDownList")
.Items(items =&gt; items.Add().Text("First item."))
)

Sets the value for the item.

public DropDownListItemBuilder Value(string value)

Parameters:valuestring

The value.

Returns:

Example:

@( Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("DropDownList")
.Items(items =&gt; items.Add().Value("1"))
)