Add items afer databind

[sitefinitysteve]

After my DS rebinds the combo boxes I need to add a couple items at index 0 on the combos.

...so now I'm pretty sure I could just jQuery them in there...is that the proper way??

**EDIT** I'm sorry, this should be in the DropDownList area!...same question though :)

Steve

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Steve,

 
You can use the data() method of the DateSource. You should modify current list of items and pass it to the data() method.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[sitefinitysteve]

Could you give me a hand Georgi?

I tried adding the item into the change event of the DS, but it (clearly) ends up in an infinite change loop :) Which means I can't modify the data of the DS directly right?

So are you then saying I need to NOT bind my dropdowns to a DS and instead manually add the data in?

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Steve,

 
Yes, your observations are correct. The data cannot be modified in the change event of the DataSource. Actually the data() method triggers the change event. You should manually add the data. I created a simple jsFiddle demo, which shows what I mean.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Cory Deppen]

So if you can't add an item in the change event of the dataSource, what is the best way to append/ prepend an item to a ComboBox after the data has been retrieved? It looks like there's an undocumented dataBound event, but that seems to yield the same result as the change event.

[Nicklas]

I have the same issue...
tried dataBound event but hangs/loops as you say.
How can i add an item manually after loading from db/json?

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Nicklas,

 
When add item to the DataSource, "change" event is raised and thus the widget falls into infinitive loop. You can handle this with a privite variable. Check the updated jsFiddle demo.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
Telerik

[Nicklas]

Thank you Georgi!
Your code works like a charm. Perfect!

Sincerely
Nicklas