EmptySelectionBoxTemplate when IsEditable

[Mike Wishart]

The RadComboBox doesn't seem to use the EmptySelectionBoxTemplate when IsEditable = true.  Is it supposed to, or is there another template to use?

<telerik:RadComboBox EmptyText="Select an answer"
                 IsEditable="True"
                 ItemsSource="{Binding Answers}">
    <telerik:RadComboBox.EmptySelectionBoxTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="Red" Opacity="0.4"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerik:RadComboBox.EmptySelectionBoxTemplate>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

Thanks

[Mike Wishart]

PS. I know this is mentioned in the documentation.  I'm setting a custom watermark using Background and a VisualBrush when the RadComboBox is editable.  It just seems a little odd that the template doesn't work.

Thanks again.

[Valeri Hristov]

Hi Mike,

You are right about the EmptySelectionBoxTemplate. Since in editable mode RadComboBox can display only text, its control template does not contain the ContentPresenter, that displays EmptySelectionBoxTemplate in not editable mode. Probably we should thrown an exception when you have both EmptySelectionBoxTemplate and IsEditable=true, the same way like we throw when you set both DisplayMemberPath and ItemTemplate.

All the best,
Valeri Hristov
the Telerik team

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