Looking for a telrik asp.net ajax control which works like a .net drop-down with multiple selection ability

[Vijay]

Hi,

I am looking for a telerik asp.net ajax control which works like a .net drop-down with multiple selection ability. I thought of ComboBox but I dont if it supports multiple selection since I didn't see that feature in demo and documentation.

Can you please tell me which ajax control I should use?

Thanks!

[Shinu]

Hello Vijay,

The RadComboBox supports multiple item selection. There are many approaches to achieve this.

• use CheckBoxes in the ComboBox template. Check out the following demo and code library for more on this

          Using CheckBoxes for multi-item selection, complete solution
          ComboBox / Templates

• use AutoCompleteSeparator property, which allows the selection of several items.You can find more from the following links.

          http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/combobox-behavior-auto-complete.html      
          ComboBox / Autocomplete
Shinu.

[Vijay]

I like the first option. Using checkboxes in the ComboBox. Here are the things I am expecting to have and not to have:

1) No scroll bar in the ComboBox. User should be able to see all the items at one time instead of scrolling up or down.
2) User should be able to search the item by typing a text

Can these two things be featured in the first option(Using checkboxes in the ComboBox)?

Thanks!

[Shinu]

Hello Vijay,

Straight to your questions,
1.If you do not set any height for the RadCombobBox and its container elements, it won't shows the scroll-bars.
2.In order to search the typed text, you can make use of the property filter. Please take a look at the following documentation for more on this.
Filtering

Thanks,
Shinu.