RadListBox Height

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  1. Michael Landy
    Michael Landy avatar
    15 posts
    Member since:
    Dec 2009

    Posted 09 Mar 2010 Link to this post

    I would like to set the height of the listbox to show 5 rows of data.  The rows are simple text entries using RadListBoxItem.  In order to set the height, it seems like I would have to calculate the height of one item and multiple that by the number of rows that I want to show.  Then, set the height of the listbox to this value.

    The "height" property for the RadListItem is blank before adding to a listbox, after adding to a listbox, and after adding to an update panel on the page.  I kind of figured this was the case given that the style sheet may cause the size to change.

    So, how should I set the height of a listbox assuming I want to show 5 items at a time?  Do I calculate it on the server side using best guess at the row size?  How well does that work for cross browser implementations?  Do I calculate it on the client side in javascript?

    What would be the best approach to this?

    Thanks

    Michael
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  3. Yana
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    4970 posts

    Posted 10 Mar 2010 Link to this post

    Hello Michael Landy,


    I suggest you subscribe to OnClientLoad event of the listbox and calculate the height in its handler:

    <script type="text/javascript">
        function listBoxLoad(sender, args) {
            var elementHeight = $telerik.getSize(sender.get_items().getItem(0).get_element()).height;
            sender._groupElement.style.height = (elementHeight*5) + "px";
        }
    </script>

    also you should add the following css styles to your page:

    <style type="text/css">
        .rlbGroup, .rlbList { overflow: auto !important; }
    </style>

    Best regards,
    Yana
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  5. Slava
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    6 posts
    Member since:
    May 2007

    Posted 25 May 2016 in reply to Yana Link to this post

    Yana is great, boys.

    sender._groupElement has appeared to be important undocumented thing here.

    I tried get_element(), get_childElement() and neigher worked well.

     

  7. Ivan Danchev
    Admin
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    2025 posts

    Posted 30 May 2016 Link to this post

    Hello Slava,

    _groupElement     is a private property, that is why it is not mentioned in the documentation. In the code snippet posted by Yana it can be replaced by the public get_childListElement() client-side method:
    sender.get_childListElement().style.height = (elementHeight * 5) + "px";

    Regards,
    Ivan Danchev
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