[Solved] EditorTemplate combobox

[cp]

Hello,
Is it possible to bind a combobox inside an editortemplate when the grid is not in Edit mode? When I'm not in Edit mode, I cannot quite figure out how to get a reference to the combobox control.

Thanks,

[Petur Subev]

Hi Claudio,

The ComboBox is not part of the DOM tree until the Grid does not enter edit mode and you cannot get the client object since the input element does not exist. Why you want to bind the ComboBox before the Grid enters Edit mode? Why don't you populate the ComboBox on the server side? 

Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[cp]

My grid is loaded via ajax, and the filtering applies not only to the grid but also to the editor template so I'm trying to find the most efficient way to rebind the combobox. I suppose I could store the data on the client side and rebind it when the grid enters the edit mode, unless you can think of a better way to do it?

Thanks,

[Petur Subev]

Hi Claudiu,

 Basically you can configure your ComboBox to use Ajax binding combined with the OnDataBinding to send additional values to the server (using the data field exposed by the event argument object). This way you can populate your ComboBox with the most appropriate values coming from the server according to the value sent with the request.
Or yes you can rebind the ComboBox once you entered edit mode with a collection already stored on the client.

Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team