OnClientSearch Get Value

[Chris Salas]

I have the following SearchBox defined:

<telerik:RadSearchBox ID="radSBKeywords" runat="server" Skin="MetroTouch" OnClientSearch="Search_ClientSearch" DataValueField="HREF" DataTextField="Name" DataKeyNames="Name,HREF">
    <WebServiceSettings Path="../../WebServices/Telerik_WS.asmx" Method="GetSearchItems" />
    <DropDownSettings Height="300">
        <HeaderTemplate>
            <b><a href="javascript:ClickSearchButton();">See All Results or Choose Below</a></b>
        </HeaderTemplate>
        <ClientTemplate>
            <span class="searchText">#= Type # - #= Name #</span>
        </ClientTemplate>
    </DropDownSettings>
</telerik:RadSearchBox>

When i hit the OnClientSearch event i want to get the value that being selected from the dropdown.  Currently i can not get any data out of the get_text, get_value functions.  How do i get the value out of the selection?

[Chris Salas]

I have figured my issues and thought i would share.  I ended up checking if an item was highlighted and pulling an HREF attribute from the template and if no sender then redirecting to a search page and pulling the text from the input.

function Search_ClientSearch(sender, eventArgs) {

    if (sender) {

        if ($('li.rsbListItem.rsbListItemTemplate.rsbListItemHovered').length > 0) {

            sender._element.control._postBackOnSearch = false;

            $('li.rsbListItem.rsbListItemTemplate.rsbListItemHovered span.searchText').children().each(function (i) {

                $telerik.$('#radSBKeywords_Input')[0].value = $(this).text();

                window.location = $(this).attr('href');

            });

        }

    }

    else {

        window.location = "/search/results_mss.aspx?q=" + $telerik.$('#radSBKeywords_Input')[0].value;

    }

}