[Solved] RadComboBox client properties not hooked up

[Marbry]

When I enable a RadComboBox on the client side like comboBox._enabled = true;, and the AllowCustomText property is already true, the input element should also be enabled.  But it isn't.

I have to make a separate check and call like so.

if (comboBox._allowCustomText == true)
    comboBox._inputDomElement.disabled = false;

[Shinu]

Hello Marbry,

The folowing client side code worked as expected at my end.

Client Side:

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClientClick="Open();return false;" />

<script type="text/javascript">
    function Open()
   {
        var comboBox = $find('<%=RadComboBox1.ClientID %>');
        comboBox.set_enabled(true);
        if (comboBox._allowCustomText == true)
            comboBox._inputDomElement.disabled = false;
    }

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Marbry]

Yep, I know it does.  My point was just that it shouldn't really take a separate call.

That's been the source of a lot of confusion on a number of things, with this decoupling of elements of a single component, and not knowing for sure whether something needs to be set or handled for the parent wrapper or something within it.  Certainly on the client side, but also to some extent on the server.

Examples do not make for documentation, although they're good to have with it, and documentation is very weak for most things.

[Ivana]

Hello Marbry,

You could use the client-side method enable() of the RadComboBox object to  get the desired functionality without having to set the disabled property of the RadComboBox's input field to "false" explicitly.

Example:

var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBox1.ClientID %>");
combo.enable();

For more information about the RadComboBox's client-side object you could refer to the following help article at our website: Client-Side Programing: RadComboBox Object.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Ivana
the Telerik team