[Solved] Populate DropDownList in RadGrid with custom values.

[Stephen]

I think this should be very simple, but even with all of the examples out there, I cannot figure this out.  I think lack of sleep is getting to me..

I have a RadGrid with some GripDropDownColumns.  I am using in-line editing.  I wish to populate the drop down lists in the columns with certain strings so I can limit user input to a static set of inputs.  I cannot just bind this to the database column, since all of the optional inputs may not be in there yet.

How do I achieve this?  I have seen an example using a edit template, but I'm not using a template.. simply in-line editing.

Thanks,
Stephen

[Ves]

Hi Stephen,

You can use GridTemplateColumn with in-place editing. Just put the dropdownlist control in EditItemTemplate of the template column. You can find this implemented in this online example. Use the radio-button to switch to in-place editing and check the UnitPrice column. You can use the dropdownlist instead of the textbox in EditItemTemplate.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Ves
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[Stephen]

Thank you Vlad.

I now understand the template columns much better than I did when I posted that message.