NoSelection problem

[Nejchy]

I have a combobox which is bound to a list of DictionaryEntries. And I would like that when the form is shown no item is selected (SelectedItem = null).

Test program

public partial class Form1 : Form
  {
    public Form1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();
      Bind(GetList());
      Print("Before show");
    }

    public void Bind(
      List<DictionaryEntry> p_List)
    {
      radDropDownList1.ValueMember = "Key";
      radDropDownList1.DisplayMember = "Value";
      radDropDownList1.DataSource = p_List;
      radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = -1;
      radDropDownList1.SelectedItem = null;
      radDropDownList1.SelectedValue = null;
    }

    private List<DictionaryEntry> GetList()
    {
      return new List<DictionaryEntry>
               {
                 new DictionaryEntry(0, "Entry 0"),
                 new DictionaryEntry(1, "Entry 1")
               };
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      Bind(GetList());
      Print("rebind");
    }

    private void Print(string p_Message)
    {
      richTextBox1.AppendText(String.Format("{2}\nSelectedIndex = {0}\nSelectedValue = {1}\n\n",
                                        radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex, radDropDownList1.SelectedValue, p_Message));
    }

    private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      Print("OnShow");
    }

    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      Print("Print state");
    }
  }

The problem is that when the form is shown DropDownList automatically selects first element in the list (SelectedIndex, SelectedItem,.. are updated but Text is not).
If I rebind after the form is shown DropDownList works correctly.

Can I bind a list in a way that Form.Show will not select the first element in the list (SelectedItem = null)?

[Peter]

Hello Nejchy,

We are aware of this issue and it has been logged to our Public Issue Tracking System. It will be addressed in our next internal build.

As a workaround you can set the selected index this way:

this.radDropDownList1.SelectedIndex = -1;
this.radDropDownList1.ListElement.DataLayer.DataView.MoveCurrentToPosition(-1);

Thank you for your time and cooperation.

All the best,
Peter
the Telerik team