Explicit UpdateSource in Radcombobox?

[gokulnath]

Hello Telerik,
                       I have one clarification in radcombobox..
How to get Values when Focus is in RadcomboBox?

<telerik:RadComboBox IsEditable="True" Text="{Binding Path=District,Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus, NotifyOnValidationError=True, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True, ValidatesOnExceptions=True}" Margin="103,5,33,0" Name="rcboDistrict" TabIndex="8" FontSize="11" IsDropDownOpen="False" Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="24" />

In XAML i am setting UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus..
if suppose focus is in Radcombobox and client will save the detail.That time radcombobox value not getting..

in this project i am using radmenu for displaying Save,Modify Items..If suppose Focus is in TextBox mean i am Updating manually from the following Code..

this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
            {
                  if (Keyboard.FocusedElement.GetType() == typeof(TextBox))
                  {
                     BindingExpression exprLastName = ((TextBox)Keyboard.FocusedElement).GetBindingExpression(TextBox.TextProperty);
                  exprLastName.UpdateSource();
             }
               //Implementation
 }));

My problem is i want to Update radComboBox also
The above code i am changing RadComboBox instead of TextBox..But its not working...
I find Debugging in runtime
KeyBoard.FocusedElement.GetType() value is PickerTextBox... But focus is in radComboBox

I don't know why pickerTextBox Comes instead of radcomboBox ?
How to update radCombobox value? any suggestions are more welcome...
(I know UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged .Here i don't want Bcoz i am doing validation in Business object level.
if suppose i am using Property changed each and every character its goes validation thats why i am avoiding..)

[Pana]

Hello,

I would not recomment the following approach but I can find other solution for your problem.

RadComboBox has several controls inside its ControlTemplate - TextBox (PickerTextBox), ToggleButton (the drop down button), Popup, Clear Button etc. When you click in the RadComboBox you actually focus the PickerTextBox inside. To get the RadComboBox that the picker belongs to you can use the ParentOfType<RadComboBox>() extension method from Telerik.Windows.Controls. For example:

UIElement pickerTextBox = Keyboard.FocusedElement.GetType() as UIElement;
if (pickerTextBox != null)
{
    RadComboBox combo = pickerTextBox.ParentOfType<RadComboBox>();
    if (combo != null)
    {
        // Do some work with the combo
    }
}


All the best,
Pana
the Telerik team