Autocomplete column based on dropdown

[Brad]

Is it possible to have a dropdown column, and based on whats chosen in the dropdown column, it then autocompletes a text column within a grid? If so, does anyone have an example on how to do that?

[Brad]

Has anyone ever done this before?

[Viktor Tachev]

Hi Brad,

The GridDropDownColumn is displayed as a dropdown control only when it is in edit mode. When the RadGrid is in browser mode the column is displayed as a normal GridBoundColumn.

The populating of the value in the TextBox could happen in SelectedIndexChanged event handler for the DropDownList control. To attach this handler to the control you could use the RadGrid's ItemCreated event.

protected void RadGrid1_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

    if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)

    {

        GridEditableItem editableItem = e.Item as GridEditableItem;

        DropDownList dropDownList = editableItem["ColumnUniqueName"].Controls[0] as DropDownList;

        dropDownList.SelectedIndexChanged += dropDownList_SelectedIndexChanged;

 

        // execute custom logic

    }

}


void dropDownList_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    // populate value for TextBox control

}

Additional information on accessing cells and rows for the RadGrid is available in this article.

If I have misunderstood your scenario could you elaborate more on what you would like to achieve?

Regards,
Viktor Tachev
Telerik