EmptyMessage without AllowCustomText?

[Mike Bridge]

Hi-

I am upgrading to RadControls AJAX from the non-AJAX version, and I find I can't display a non-selectable invitation (e.g. "Select from the following) any more for the RadComboBox.  In the previous version, I did this:

RadComboBoxItem editItem = new RadComboBoxItem("Select a Country...", "" ) {Visible = false, Enabled = false};

However, in the current version this doesn't work, and I see that using an "EmptyMessage" requires that I have "AllowCustomText" set to true, which I don't want in this case.

The reason I want it is because it is a control which does an autopostback---if I have one of the items preselected in it, it won't post back.

Thanks!

-Mike

[Mike Bridge]

After fooling around with it a bit, I think this does what I want:

RadComboBoxItem editItem = new RadComboBoxItem("Select a Country...", "" ) {
   Selected = true,
   Visible = false,
   Enabled = false
};

This makes the "Select a Country..." item appear in the Text area, but not in the drop-down menu.

But this seems to be undocumented behaviour---I'm not sure if it's a particularly good idea to do this.

-Mike

[Veselin Vasilev]

Hi Mike Bridge,

This is a good workaround I think. You can use it.

Best wishes,
Veselin Vasilev
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[Mike Bridge]

Hi-

I found a problematic side effect with this workaround.  I have the RadComboBox inside a DataGrid, and the "Enabled=false" attribute somehow changes it so that any click event that occurs in the entire DataGrid row will then call the callback I've set in the RadComboBox's OnSelectedIndexChanged attribute.  For example, if I click on a LinkButton in the same row, it will still call the RadComboBox's OnSelectIndexChanged callback.

Since my workaround is kind of an undocumented hack, I think it's probably better to use a regular DropDownBox for this purpose.

Thanks,

-Mike

[Simon]

Hello Mike Bridge,

We verified this issue in the support ticket you have opened and will investigate it further.

Please feel free to reopen the support ticket after a week and ask whether the issue has been resolved.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

All the best,
Simon
the Telerik team

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