DropDownList with Custom DS Server Filtering

[Dina]

I found that ServerFiltering is not working out of the box if you set Custo() in datasorce

Like in this example

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/autocomplete/grouping

This is about AutoComplete control. And text send to server via onAdditionalData Function

How I need to do same for DropDownList.

my solution to access filter text input is

    function onAdditionalData() {
        return {
            text: $("#Course").data("kendoDropDownList").filterInput[0].value
        };
    }

 

Looks a bit awkward for me

Can team please explain what if better way here

[Plamen]

Hi,

Yes this is the correct way to get the string from the filter input - it is not an official value of the control because the value will not be set if there is no item with such value.

Hope this will explain the issue.

Regards,
Plamen
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