ComboBox Items HTML is just displaying tags

[Jerk]

How can i get the ComboBox to display items with HTML tags properly? right now is just displays the tag rather then understanding it's HTML.

[Ivana]

Hi Jeremy,

Could you point out the code which does not behave as expected?

Greetings,
Ivana
the Telerik team

[Jerk]

Here is an example of what i'm trying to accomplish

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" Text="Please select your item:" runat="server">
<Items>
<telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="1" Text="This should be <u>underlined</u>!" />
        <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="2" Text="This should be <b>bold</b>!" />
<telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="3" Text="This should be &lt;u&gt;underlined&lt;/u&gt; also!" />
</Items>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

[Jerk]

I've tried using the ItemTemplate as well, that will display it when the list is dropped down, but not in the selection box.

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" Text="Please select your item:" runat="server">
                   <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "Text") %>'></asp:Label>
                   </ItemTemplate>
                   <Items>
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="1" Text="This should be <u>underlined</u>!" />
                           <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="2" Text="This should be <b>bold</b>!" />
            <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Value="3" Text="This should be <u>underlined</u> also!" />
                   </Items>
                </telerik:RadComboBox>

Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Dim i As Integer = 0
    While i < RadComboBox1.Items.Count
        RadComboBox1.Items(i).DataBind()
        i = i + 1
    End While

End Sub

[Ivana]

Hello Jeremy,

This is something related to the html input element itself. If you test  the following code you will notice that the content inside the input is also displayed as text instead of html so to prevent the page from malicious users.

<input type="text" runat="server" value="This should be <b>my bold</b>!" style="width: 300px;" />

Greetings,
Ivana
the Telerik team