DropDownList Popup Width

[Roberto Wenzel]

Hello,
I am trying to solve this simply soundling problem for hour now. I am trying to adjust the minimum width of the popup of a DropDownList.

I tried something like 

rddl_Consignor_Iso.Popup.MinimumSize = New Size(500, 200)
or 
rddl_Consignor_Iso.DropDownListElement.DropDownMinSize = New Size(500, 200)
or
rddl_Consignor_Iso.DropDownMinSize = New Size(500, 200)

and some other coding.

All worked fine, when using the arrow button with the mouse. The popup then is in the expected width.
But when entering the box using the keyboard and typing some letters, the box pops up only in the same width as the DropDownList control.
I'm getting mad on this. Which value do I have to set to get an acceptable result?
Cheers Roberto

[Richard Slade]

Hello Roberto,

The following code should help you

' set the auto complete suggest
Me.RadDropDownList2.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest
' set the min size of the drop down
RadDropDownList2.DropDownListElement.DropDownMinSize = New Size(275, 0)
' and the size of the auto complete drop down
RadDropDownList2.DropDownListElement.AutoCompleteSuggest.DropDownList.DropDownMinSize = New Size(275, 0)

Let me know if you need further help
Richard

[Roberto Wenzel]

Thanks a lot Richard!
Especially the last line of code is what I was looking for.
Obviously I didn't dig deep enough -;)
Cheers Roberto

[Richard Slade]

You're welcome. glad it helped.
Richard

[Clive]

Thanks, helped me too.

I originally tried using the  DropDownWidth property. that didn't work, then I tried the Popup.Width property. That worked when you used the drop down arrow with the mouse, but not for keyboard entry. Interesting that there are multiple popups for the drop down.. makes sense when you think about it, but not obvious enough for me as a user :)

 

[Peter]

Hi Clive,

Thank you for writing.

It is normal to see both popups and this behavior is by design. We are following the behavior of the standard Microsoft ComboBox. You could apply the solution provided by Richard.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Aaron]

This thread helped me with the same issue. I was setting the RadDropDownList.Popup.Width. 

I assumed that there must be some other list object that was being used when autoSuggest was happening I just was unable to figure out what the object was through the standard documentation. 

Thanks.