Disable a RAD combo box using javascript

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  1. saravanan k
    saravanan k avatar
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    Member since:
    Mar 2010

    Posted 05 Jun 2010 Link to this post

    hi,

    I have a asp:Button. OnCLientClick of the button, I call a javascript method-> Test()

    function Test()
    {
    document.getElementById('Id of the combo box').disabled=true;
    }

    I am unable to do so. Please advice on how to proceed.

    Thanks,
    Saravanan
  3. Princy
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    Member since:
    Mar 2007

    Posted 05 Jun 2010 Link to this post

    Hello Saravanan,

    Use the folowing code in order to disable the ComboBox.

    Client Code:
    var combo = $find("<%= ComboBox1.ClientID %>");   
    combo.disable();  

    You can also refer following link to online documentation which explains client side methods of combo.
    Client-Side Basics

    Regards,
    Princy.
  5. David Simmonds
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    Member since:
    Mar 2010

    Posted 22 Oct 2010 Link to this post

    enable() and disable() are invalid methods for a RadComboBox.

    This does not work:

     

     

    var cb = document.getElementById("<%= RadComboBoxBIN.ClientID %>");

     

    cb.enable();


    I have to use document.getElementById because $find returns null.

    Why can I not use enable()/disable() now? What do I use instead?

    This also does not enable or disable the combobox. It does not cause an error like enable()/disable() does but it has no effect.

    document.getElementById(

     

    "<%= RadComboBoxBIN.ClientID %>").disabled = false;

     


    document.getElementById(

     

    "<%= RadComboBoxBIN.ClientID %>").disabled = true;

    Does anyone have any ideas?

     

  7. Cori
    Cori avatar
    562 posts
    Member since:
    Jul 2010

    Posted 22 Oct 2010 Link to this post

    Hello David,

    If you are trying to disable it when the page loads. I assume you are trying to disable/enable when the page loads, if you get null from $find. You would have to do this to disable the RadComboBox:

    Sys.Application.add_load(DisableRadComboBox);
      
    function DisableRadComboBox()
    {
       var combo = $find("<%=RadComboBox1.ClientID%>");
       combo.disable();
    }

    You would create another one that would do the reverse.

    I hope that helps.
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  9. David Simmonds
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    Mar 2010

    Posted 25 Oct 2010 Link to this post

    I tried using the documented enable() and disable() methods but when I run the code and I try to use enable() or disable() I get an error indicating that those methods are not valid. Why is this? The methods are documented. http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/combo_clientsideradcombobox.html
  11. David Simmonds
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    56 posts
    Member since:
    Mar 2010

    Posted 25 Oct 2010 Link to this post

    Turns out you have to use $find and not document.getelementbyid to get the full api of the object.
  13. Kalina
    Admin
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    918 posts

    Posted 26 Oct 2010 Link to this post

    Hi David Simmonds,

    The document.getElementById returns a DOM object, and $find returns the AJAX control client-side object.

    I will recommend you use $find to get the RadComboBox client-side object, and after that use the enable() and disable() functions.
    Please find more details about RadComboBox client-side methods and properties here.

    Greetings,
    Kalina
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