ComboBox looses elements until refocus

[Casper]

Hi,

I have a RCB that is configuresd

 

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBoxPlan" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"
                        OnSelectedIndexChanged="OnPlanTextChanged" ChangeTextOnKeyBoardNavigation="True"
                        DropDownAutoWidth="Enabled"
                        EnableLoadOnDemand="True" Filter="StartsWith" DataSourceID="PlanSqlSource" DataTextField="name"      DataValueField="plan_id"
                        OnItemsRequested="RadComboBoxPlan_OnItemsRequested" ViewStateMode="Enabled">
                        <DefaultItem Text="Choose plan" Value="-1" />

                    </telerik:RadComboBox>

 OnPlanTextChanged updates a radgrid that is dependent ​on the value of the RCB asn the RadComboBoxPlan_OnItemsRequested updates the select statement of the sql source. It works fine when selecting a value for the first time, but if the dropdown button is clicked again the list will be empty save for the currently selected item. If focus is lost to the RCB and the dropdown button is clicked again the list will populate as expected.

Is there a way i can make sure the list is populated correctly the first time?

 

Kind regards

Casper 

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello,

If you are updating the select statement in the RadComboBoxPlan_OnItemsRequested event handler you have to make sure the OnItemsRequested event is fired at the right time when you need it. This event fires when the user starts typing text in the input field, while clicking on the RadComboBoxItems would fire the OnSelectedIndexChanged event.

Placing break points in the event handlers to track when each of them is fired, would help you plan which user action should cause the select statement to be updated and the corresponding event handler the code should be executed in.

You can find a list of the RadComboBox server-side events in our Server Side Events documentation article, and the corresponding articles provide more details on the conditions under which the events are fired.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

[Casper]

Thank you! it pointed me in the right direction.

For closure to anyone who might be reading this, postbacks resets the selectCommand string to the one declared in the markup. This means that each event where a lookup to the database is needed, the selcetCommand needs to be updated.

Regards

Casper