ComboBox ItemTemplate Non Bound Issue

[Brian Mains]

Hello,

I have a combo box with an ItemTemplate, and I bind a range of items to the combo box.  But I add programmatically one item to the list using:

cbo.Items.Add(new RadComboBoxItem("-None-", "None"));

To create the user interface, do I have to add controls to that RadComboBoxItem, or is there another way?

Thanks.

[Princy]

Hello Brian,

Try setting the AppendDataBoundItems property of the combobox to true and then try adding an item using the same code.
aspx:

 <telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox4" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2"  AutoPostBack="true" AppendDataBoundItems="true" HighlightTemplatedItems="true"  runat="server" OnTextChanged="RadComboBox4_TextChanged" OnItemDataBound="RadComboBox4_ItemDataBound" OnPreRender="RadComboBox4_PreRender">
      <ItemTemplate>
      <div class="comboItem">
         <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "ProductName")%>
      </div>
      </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

Thanks
Princy.

[Brian Mains]

Hello,

I do have AppendDataBoundItems set to true; the item does appear in the list when I do:

rcb.Items.Add(new RadComboBoxItem(..));

Typing in the - None - with MarkFirstMatch="true" does select the item, but in the drop down the item in the list that represents - None - is blank.  It does not display the text for the item in the list, presumably because of the template I would assume...

Thanks.

[Yana]

Hi Brian,

The templates of RadComboBox are applied to all items, that's why you cannot add items like this. I've prepared a sample project which shows how you can add items to the databound combobox with templates. Please download the attached file and give it a try.

All the best,
Yana
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[Brian Mains]

That sample worked. Thanks.