RadComboBox Not Allowing Spaces In Custom Text

[Nathan]

I have the following RadComboBox bound to a list of US States

  <telerik:RadComboBox 

       ID="ddlPropertyState" 

       Runat="server" 

       Skin="Windows7"  

       Width="140px"

       AutoPostBack="true" 

       AllowCustomText="true"

       EmptyMessage="Choose..." 

       MarkFirstMatch="true" 

       EnableTextSelection ="true" 

       onselectedindexchanged="ddlPropertyState_SelectedIndexChanged1"

     >

     </telerik:RadComboBox>

The state names represent the full state names (i.e. New York).  When I type New, I get New Hampshire selected (due to alphabetical order), however hitting the space bar has no effect (i.e. I can't type New<space>York).  Is there a problem in my configuration that prevents me from doing that?

Thanks,

Nathan

[Veronica]

Hi Nathan,

Please take a look at this demo. Try to write "Carlos". There are two people with that name. If you want to select "Carlos Hernández" instead of "Carlos González" - the space will not be marked, but as soon as you type "Carlos H" you'll get the right guy selected.

Please let me know if I get your question right or if you still need some help.

Best wishes,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

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[Mark]

I am experiencing this same problem.  In my DB, I have "The Spinners". 

When trying to add a new custom entry, with "Allow custom text" and "markfirstmatch" both enabled if I type "The " I can't create a new custom text of "The Soldiers" for example.  It will not allow it, but instead forces "The Spinners"

I also have "ShowDropDownOnTextBoxClick" set to False.

I tried setting the filter to "Contains" and "StartsWith" but that disrupts the autocomplete functionality when the ShowDropDownOnTextBoxClick is set to false.

[Veronica]

Hi Mark Meikle,

Thanks you for posting this. We've logged it as a bug and it will be fixed soon.

You can follow the PITS Issue ID: 2307

All the best,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

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[Steven Hong]

While Telerik guys are fixing the bug, you can try using the following script to remedy the problem:

        function onKeyPressing(sender, eventArgs) {
            var e = eventArgs.get_domEvent();
            var keyCode = e.keyCode || e.which;
            var shouldMarkFirstMatch = (keyCode !== 32);

            sender.set_markFirstMatch(shouldMarkFirstMatch);
        }

The script will disable matching when you press the space key and enable it back when you press any other key.  In my quick testing, it seems to work fine.