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[Solved] HELP! Comboxbox entered text changes to selected text

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Tim asked on 04 May 2009, 03:00 PM

Here is the deal.

1. I have a RadCombo on aspx page (no materpage, usercontrol etc)
2. I allow custom text and there are items loaded from the db already in the dropdown list
3. I have the "enter" key fired up to run search on hitting enter

Everything works like a champ, EXCEPT :-) if I happen to roll my mouse over or even select an item in the list, then click back in the combobox to "enter custom text" it allows me to enter the custom text and when I hit enter the code behind reads that custom text and all works like a champ. BUT the text that shows while the server is "working" is whatver is selected in the list.

Make sense? So if I select "Tim" in the drop down list and then type over "Tim" and type "John" it searches for John, but once I hit enter to invoke the search, the combobox text changes back to "Tim", once the server comes back with results, "John" is back in the combobox, works, BUT confusing because user thinks, hey I just entered "John" and "Tim" keeps showing up after I hit "ENTER"

Any setting I am missing, for I have spent hours trying to stop this...

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answered on 05 May 2009, 02:09 PM

No it does not do it in the online example you sent, but it doesn't have a "key press" event fired to it, meaning I can type in the online example and mine hit the submit button and it works fine, mine and your example, it's when this function (below) is attached and I hit ENTER it does what's described above: (this function works and searches the correct value typed in, it just shows the text selected previous in the dropdownlist, so it gets confusing to the user, ya know?, if nothing is ever selected in the dropdown list, I do get the "searching please wait.." text in the function below, it's only if the mouse rolls over and you click anything in the dropdown, weird...)

function RadComboKeyPress(sender, eventArgs) {
            var keyCode = eventArgs.get_domEvent().keyCode;
            if (keyCode == 13) {
                var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
                prm._doPostBack('ibtnSearch', '');
                var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
                combo.set_text("searching please wait...");
                return false;
            }
        }

Then the control has OnClientKeyPressing="RadComboKeyPress"

Thanks for you help BTW...

answered on 06 May 2009, 01:52 PM

Ok I got it, finally. Here is what I had to add to my function: (notice the "combo.clearSelection();" )

function RadComboKeyPress(sender, eventArgs) {
            var keyCode = eventArgs.get_domEvent().keyCode;
            if (keyCode == 13) {
                var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
                prm._doPostBack('ibtnSearch', '');
                var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
                combo.clearSelection();
                combo.set_text("searching please wait...");
                return false;
            }
        }

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