radgrid

[Ayesha]

Hi,

I've a radgrid with a template column which contains the raddropdownlist .By default when the page loads, all my dropdownlist columns in my template column should get filled in. this I'm taking care in the item databound event. but my question is the first value in eACH dropdownlist in the template column should be a blank value(empty white space) and then all it's values.

How do i get the blank value in all the dropdownlist controls in my templete columns in the radgrid.

Pls help me with code.

Thanks Telerik team. u guys do an awesome job.

Thanks for all your help.

ZR

[Princy]

Hello Zaheka,

You can try out the following code to populate your dropdown and also set the first item of the dropdown as a blank value:
c#:

protected void RadGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.GridItemEventArgs e)
    {
       if (e.Item is GridDataItem)
        {
            GridDataItem dataItem = (GridDataItem)e.Item;
            DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)dataItem.FindControl("DropDownListID");
            ddl.AppendDataBoundItems = true;
            ddl.DataSourceID = "SqlDataSource1";
            ddl.DataTextField = "FirstName";
            ddl.Items.Insert(0, "");
            ddl.DataBind();
        }
    }

Thanks
Princy.