[Solved] Limit combobox to List

[Bruce]

Is there any way with a combobox to limit the selection to the list that the control has been bound to?

I would prefer not to use the dropdownlist because of presentation and I like the type aheard feature of the drop down list.

Also, the drop down list is populated does not show a blank as the default, which I would prefer to do in this application.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Bruce,

 
ComboBox component does not support such functionality. In order to restrict user input, you can wire the change event and select specific item or empty input if the user did not choose item from the list.
Another option, which I think is more preferable, is to use DropDownList, but put item with empty text in the beginning of the List<SelectListItem> collection. Thus you can select it and the user could select if want.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team