Problems with displaying values in dropdown customized template in scheduler appointment template

[Jonas]

Hello

I'm using a kendo dropdownlistfor() inside a scheduler edit template, if I use just the basic dropdown everything works as expected, but if I try to use the templates for the dropdown all I get is undefined when I click to see the options of the dropdown. If I use the same dropdown directly on the page instead of in a template everything works ok with the dropdown template. Why are they not displaying correct in the scheduler edit template.

So the problem is not with the datasource, I get all values from the db, and the code should be fine since it works directly on the page. I guess the only thing wrong with then code is "data.name" when used inside a template since this gives the undefined. What should it be when used inside a template?

Code:

@(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(model => model.equipmentId)
                    .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 240px", @class = "showOpsDiv" })
                    .DataTextField("name")
                    .DataValueField("id")
                    .OptionLabel("Välj Utrustning...")
                    .Value("-1")
                    .DataSource(source =>
                    {
                        source.Read(read =>
                        {
                            read.Action("GetEquipment", "Home");
                        })
                    .ServerFiltering(true);
                    })
                   .Template("<span class=\"k-state-default\"></span><span class=\"k-state-default\"><h3>#= data.name #</h3></span>")
                   .HtmlAttributes(new { data_value_primitive = "true" })
                 )

[Peter Milchev]

Hello Jonas,

If a template includes a # character, which is part of a binding expression of a nested template, then this character must be escaped as well. In this way the character is ignored by the outer template, but is handled correctly by the inner template. More information could be found in the Kendo Templates Overview article.

Would you please check if escaping the hash literals in your DropDownList template solves the issue?

Regards,
Peter Milchev
Telerik by Progress

[Jonas]

Hello Peter

That did the trick! :-)

Thank you!

/Jonas