[Solved] optionlabel

[nachid]

Is there a way to pass optionlabel to Html.Telerik().DropDownList()

I' am trying to migrate this portion of code

<%: Html.DropDownListFor(x => x, new SelectList(MyColorList, @"Value", @"Text"), "Please select a color")%>

to

<%=Html.Telerik().DropDownList()
                           .BindTo(new SelectList(MyColorList, @"Value", @"Text"))
%>

but I cannot figure out how to pass the optionLabel "Please select a color"

[Adam Gritt]

Unfortunately, with the current implementation, this isn't possible directly (at least as far as I have seen).  If you specify the list of items to bind to, the Drop Down List will automatically select the first item and you cannot specify a SelectedIndex of -1 to say that you don't want anything selected.  However, if you need to do this you could do the following.  Change the DataBinding to Ajax or WebService and then add an OnLoad event handler that does the following code (assumes DropDownList is named TestDDL):

function onLoad() {
   if ($('#TestDDL').data('tDropDownList').text() == " ") {
      $('#TestDDL').data('tDropDownList').text('Please select a color');
   }
}

I admit this isn't the best solution (best would be actual support for it), but it would get the job done.