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Markus
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Markus asked on 27 Jun 2013, 03:48 PM
Good day to all 

I have the following code: 

telerik:RadSearchBox ID="RadSearchBox1" runat="server" Width="250px" Skin="MetroTouch" DataSourceID="OpenAccessLinqDataSource1" CssClass="" DataTextField="user_firmaname"
    DataValueField="user_id" Culture="de-DE" onsearch="RadSearchBox1_Search" ShowSearchButton="False">
 <DropDownSettings Height="400" Width="670" >
    <HeaderTemplate>
                    <ul>
                        <li class="col1">Firma</li>
                        <li class="col2">Ort</li>
                       
                    </ul>
                </HeaderTemplate>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <ul>
                        <li class="col1">
                            <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "user_firmaname") %></li>
                        <li class="col2">
                            <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "user_ort") %></li>
                     
                    </ul>
                </ItemTemplate>
                  </DropDownSettings>
</telerik:RadSearchBox>


protected void RadSearchBox1_Search(object sender, SearchBoxEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Text  != null)
            {
                string firmenname = e.Text;
                firmenname = firmenname.Replace("+", "und");
                Response.Redirect("/firmen/" + e.Value + "/" + firmenname);
            }
            else
            {
                RadSearchBox1.EmptyMessage = "keine Firma gefunden";
            }
        }

The problem is that if the client does not pick from the dropdown but simply hits enter e.value of course is not what I am looking for.

So I need a way to disable enter and have the client force to pick from dropdown.

You can try it here: http://zuol.ch.mserver4.arvixevps.com/firmen/ left side 

Markus


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Plamen
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answered on 01 Jul 2013, 08:10 AM
Hi Markus,

 
This is a known issue in RadSearchBox that is currently not returning any value because it is not known which one to return when there a re many items in the drop-down. Currently we are researching the scenario and  from the upcoming service pack we plan to add a property that will give you the chance to select the first item from the drop-down on a click of the search button.

Hope this information will be helpful.

Regards,
Plamen
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Dehanys
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answered on 13 Oct 2016, 07:45 PM
Is there any solution to this issue yet?
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Plamen
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answered on 14 Oct 2016, 05:40 AM
Hello,

You can set the HighlightFirstMatch property to true that is available in the control in the latest versions of the controls.

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Plamen
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