is there a click dropdown event?

[John Hadjioannou]

I would like to clear the text of the combobox when the user presses the button to open the dropdown, but not when it opens of its own accord.  Is there a click event for the button that I can use, or some other way of achieving this?

John

[Princy]

Hello John,

I guess you want to open the RadComboBox and clear its text in an external button click. If so try the following code snippet.

ASPX:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox2" runat="server" Text="select" AllowCustomText="true">
    <Items>
       <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Text="aaa" />
       <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Text="bbb" />
    </Items>
 </telerik:RadComboBox>

 <asp:Button ID="Button4" runat="server" Text="Open" OnClientClick="return clearText();"  />

Java Script:

<script type="text/javascript">
   function clearText() {
      var combo = $find("<%=RadComboBox2.ClientID %>");
      combo.clearSelection();
      combo.showDropDown(true);
      return false;
    }
</script>

Thanks,
Princy.

[John Hadjioannou]

Hi Princy

Thank you for the suggestion.

My situation is a little different.

I would like the text to clear when the user clicks on the button that is part of the combobox to open the dropdown.

The rationale is this:  If an item is already selected the only item that will show in the dropdown initially is the selected item, meaning that the user will have to clear the text manually to see the other choices.  If the user is opening the dropdown it is because they want to change the selected item - clearing the text for them saves them a step.

I suppose what I am looking for is a weay of finding the Id of the combobox's button so I can attach an on-click event to it.

Any ideas?

Thanks
John

[Simon]

Hi John Hadjioannou,

You can handle the DropDownOpening event and verify whether the event has been risen by the Image Button of the RadComboBox and then clear the text or execute some other logic, e.g.

function onDropDownOpening(sender, eventArgs) {
    if (eventArgs.get_domEvent().target == sender.get_imageDomElement())
        sender.set_text("");
}

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Simon
the Telerik team

[John Hadjioannou]

Thanks, Simon

I had to add a check:

eventArgs.get_domEvent() != null

but apart from that it did the trick.

John