[Solved] Display EmptyMessage if item is not in combobox

[Saqib]

Hi,
   I am using LoadOnDemand Combo box with AllowCustomText set to True. It's working fine.
   I have set MarkFirstMatch to True, so as soon as user starts typing the combobox will be populated with items matches the Text user has entered. But if user enters Text which doesn't bring any record that Text just stays there in combobox. What I want is when user enter text which is not in the list and change focus to some other control, I want to show the EmptyMessage.
Any suggestion or help would be appriciated.

Thanks
Saqib

[Princy]

Hello Saqib,

You can try out the following code to set the EmptyMessage Text when the typed in text of the combobox does not match with the text of any comboitem:
aspx:

<telerik:RadComboBox OnClientBlur="comboBlur" EmptyMessage="-Select a value-"
CssClass="Combo" ID="ComboCity" EnableLoadOnDemand="true"
AllowCustomText="true" MarkFirstMatch="true" runat="server"
DataTextField="City" DataValueField="City" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
     <CollapseAnimation Duration="200" Type="OutQuint" />
</telerik:RadComboBox>

js:

function comboBlur(sender, args)
{
  var combotext =  sender.get_text();
   if(sender.findItemByText(combotext)== null)
   {
     sender.set_text("-Select a value-");
   }
}

Thanks
Princy.

[Saqib]

It Worked
Thanks Princy