Primary Button Style

[Albert Shenker]

I have a rad button with the following declaration, however the button style doesn't appear to obey the "Primary" property. It looks like a regular button (see attached), unlike your demos for the Bootstrap skin. Any idea what's going on? Also, is there any documentation of the "Primary" property anywhere?

 <telerik:RadButton ID="btnSelect" runat="server" Text="Select" CommandName="Select" style="margin-right:7px;" Skin="Bootstrap" ValidationGroup="VG_Form" Primary="true" ></telerik:RadButton>

 

[Marin Bratanov]

Hi Albert,

Can you check the following:

• the exact controls version you are using (I advise you use Q1 2016 which is the latest at the time of writing, primary styling is limited in previous versions: http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/button/appearance-and-styling/primary-and-secondary-action-buttons)
• the RenderMode of the control (it may be set in your web.config). As explained in the documentation, this feature is available for the Lightweight mode only.

Regards,

Marin Bratanov
Telerik

[Albert Shenker]

I am using Q1 2016. Not sure about rendermode. Will check. Does the Primary Button act as the "Default" button on a form (ie hitting the Enter key is like clicking it)? If not is there any plan to make it so. It would seem to make sense.

[Marin Bratanov]

Hi Albert,

There are certain threats to us attempting to implement such a feature:

• what would be the correct element to attach the keydown handler to? The body, the form, a concrete div?
• how would the developer define this element since there is an arbitrary number of controls on the form?
• what happens if the built-in DefaultButton ASP property is used? Have you tried using that for a RadButton just like you would for a <asp:Button>?
• what happens if some custom code on the form is already listening for the enter key? What if they prevent it from bubbling or if we do? This will break either feature.

Regards,

Marin Bratanov
Telerik