[Solved] optionlabel

[nachid]

Is there a way to pass optionlabel to Html.Telerik().DropDownList()

I' am trying to migrate this portion of code

<%: Html.DropDownListFor(x => x, new SelectList(MyColorList, @"Value", @"Text"), "Please select a color")%>

to

<%=Html.Telerik().DropDownList()
                           .BindTo(new SelectList(MyColorList, @"Value", @"Text"))
%>

but I cannot figure out how to pass the optionLabel "Please select a color"

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello nachid,

Unfortunately this functionality currently is not supported. Nevertheless you can vote for it in our PITS system.

As a workaround I can suggest you to add new SelectListItem with empty Value property and Text property set to the desired text:

<%
    var list = new SelectList(Model.Products, "ProductID", "ProductName").ToList();
    list.Insert(0, new SelectListItem { Text = "Select Value" });
%>

<%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList()
        .Name("DropDownList")
        .SelectedIndex(Model.DropDownListAttributes.SelectedIndex.Value)
        .BindTo(list)
        .HtmlAttributes(new { style = string.Format("width:{0}px", Model.DropDownListAttributes.Width) })
%>

Sincerely yours,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team