Autocomplete default value

[Jann]

I have a editor template that looks like this:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<string>" %>
<%
    IEnumerable<string> lCodes;
    if (ViewData[FactorStrings.ExchangeCodes] is IEnumerable<string>)
    {
        lCodes = (IEnumerable<string>)ViewData[FactorStrings.Codes];
    }
    else
    {
        lCodes = new List<string> { Model };
    }
%>
<%= Html.Telerik().AutoComplete()
        .Name(ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(string.Empty))
        .BindTo(lCodes)%>

My problem is that the control does not display the value (i.e. Model). This is somehow understandable since I don't tell it anywhere which value to display, but I also don't see an obvious way to do it (like .Value("something")) Is this a bug? I don't really want to do a hack like adding a html attribute with "value = Model" to show the value.

PS: Using AutoCompleteFor(...) directly in a view shows the value just fine.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Jann,

In order to get value from model and display it in AutoComplete UI component you need to use this code snippet:

<%= Html.Telerik().AutoCompleteFor(m => m)
        .BindTo(...)
 %>

Actually this it the way how you should use a regular Html.TextBox() component. It will not show the Model value if you set its name with ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName("").

Greetings,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Jann]

This does not work in an editor template. The string editor template from microsoft looks like this:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<%= Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, new { @class = "text-box single-line" }) %>

So I guess the autocomplete control needs a way to pass in the value to display.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Jann,

 
I have attached a simple test project which shows how to achieve your goal.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Jann]

Ok, it works with the version you use. The release version is broken in that respect.

But thanks for providing me with the new version this fixed my problem.