CommandBarDropDownList FindItem

[Xander]

Hello, it there any way how to find CommandBarDropDownList Item by string value?
I need following functionality. but I miss FindItem function.

CommandBarDropDownList c = new CommandBarDropDownList();
c.Items.Add("a");
c.Items.Add("b");
c.Items.Add("c");

c.SelectedItem = c.FindItem("b");

Only way I know is to loop over c.Items and check, but I expect some easier way in components for commandbars (and it was also included in RadToolStrip and is in standard MS).

Thanks for any help, I had to overlook it somewhere, but documentation is quite brief and not many examples.
Zbynek

[Emanuel Varga]

Hello Xander,

Sadly there is no FindString() or FindStringExact() methods in the CommandBarDropDown, but in the case you mentined you can just use c.SelectedText = "b";
or you can always use linq to peform searches, maybe even an extension method, like so:

public static class CommandBarDropDownExtensions
{
    public static RadListDataItem FindItem(this CommandBarDropDownList dropDown, string str)
    {
        return dropDown.Items.Where(i => i.Text.Contains(str)).FirstOrDefault();
    }
}

and then use it like:

c.SelectedItem = c.FindItem("b");

Hope this helps, if you have any other questions or comments, please let me know,

Best Regards,
Emanuel Varga
Telerik WinForms MVP

[Peter]

@Emanuel, thank you for your suggestion

Hi Xander, actually there are FindItem and FindStringExact methods in CommandBarDropDown. However, you should access them using the DropDownListElement property. Consider the following sample:

c.SelectedIndex = c.DropDownListElement.FindStringExact("a");

I hope this helps. In case you have further questions, I will be glad to be of assistance.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Xander]

Thanks, that's a lot easier.