issue with Related ComboBoxes

[yao wang]

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/combobox/examples/functionality/multiplecomboboxes/defaultcs.aspx

I use the method in above link to implement cascading dropdown list. However I have two issues can not be fixed using the above method.

1. In the last combobox(in above link, it is the city combobox), I set postback = true. However after page postback, the selected value in each combobox is lost. How can I retrieve the selected value for each combobox? Especially for the last combobox?

2. If there is only one selection in combobox, how to disable dropdown function in the combobox . For example, in the above link, if I choose “Asia” in continent combobox, “china” in country combobox,  the “Beijing” will be only one selection in city combobox. How to let “beiJing” display in city combobox directly  and disable its dropdown function?  

From my understanding, the above method is using web service to implement cascading dropdown function, therefore it is stateless even within a same page. I am not sure if issue #1 is related with the stateless feature.  

 

Thanks,

 

Yao

[Simon]

Hi yao wang,

You can retain the selection in the RadComboBoxes if you set their AllowCustomText properties to true. Otherwise the controls loose their selected values because the Load on Demand Items do not persist across postbacks.

You can achieve the second requirement by handling the client-side ItemsRequested and DropDownOpening events of the target RCB in this way respectively:

function onItemsReqested(sender, eventArqs) {
    sender._preventDropDownOpening = false;

    if (sender.get_items().get_count() == 1) {
        // pre-select the first item
        sender.get_items().getItem(0).select();
        sender._preventDropDownOpening = true;
    }
    else if (sender.get_items().get_count() > 1)
        sender.showDropDown();
}

function onDropDownOpening(sender, eventArgs) {
    eventArgs.set_cancel(sender._preventDropDownOpening);
}

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Simon
the Telerik team

[yao wang]

For the second issue, is it possible to give me the sample code?

thanks a lot.

Yao

[Simon]

Hi yao wang,

The code I provided in my previous post resolves the second issue. Did you test it on your end?

Kind regards,
Simon
the Telerik team