[Solved] RadCombobox width

[Ashwin Deshpande]

is there any property in RadCombobox..which i can set it takes the Max length of characters in the list....
I do nto want to set the widthin Pizels or percentage..

[Shinu]

Hi Ashwin,

I hope you want to trim the RadComboBoxItems showing in the dropdown when it exceeds a particular length. If so, one suggestion would be trimming the text explicitly as shown below. You can  set the Tooltip property so that user can see the full text if it is not completely visible in items text.

C#:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    foreach (RadComboBoxItem item in RadComboBox1.Items)
    {
        if (item.Text.Length > 6)
        {
            item.ToolTip = item.Text;
            item.Text = item.Text.Substring(0, 6).ToString() + "..";
        }
    }
}

-Shinu.

[Ashwin Deshpande]

Shinu,

Thanks for answer,but this is not th oen I am Looking forward to.
Example:-- i Have 4 Items in RadCombobox.
RadC
RadCCC
RadCCCCC
RadCCCCCCC

I want the RadCombobox width to be set Dynamically(according to max length of items) as in Case of dropdownlist.

Ashwin

[Kamen Bundev]

Hi Ashwin,

There's currently no default and supported way to do that.

You eventually can do that with javascript by getting the text in the OnSelectedIndexChanged event, render it in a block element somewhere out of the screen, while applying the RadComboBox input styles to the block, measuring the width of the resulting block and then applying this width it to the RadComboBox.

Greetings,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

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