Released too early

[SSirica]

I liken this control to serving a quiche with a runny middle. 

It has tons of potential, but falls short of the RadComboBox.  I know I'm way over simplifying, but seems like all that had to be done was to add the ColumnsCollection as an alternative to the RadComboBox control.  Didn't even need a new control, shrouded in kendo hocus pocus.  It took me 4 hours of research to cobble together this as a way to just get the text value of a RadMultiColumnComboBox

sState = $find("cbStateL").get_kendoWidget().input["0"].value;

 

I want to embrace this control, but I feel like I'm a rat stuck in an elaborate labyrinth.

[Peter Milchev]

Hello,

The MultiColumnComboBox has the same .get_text() method as most of the Telerik controls such as the RadComboBox:

• $find("cbStateL").get_text();
• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/multicolumncombobox/client-side-programming/overview

For such a cases, I can recommend checking the Get IntelliSense for the Client-Side Object section and using the Google Chorme's DevTools, you can get an easy intellisense when you hit a debugger and have a reference to the MultiColumnComboBox client-side object:

• https://www.telerik.com/blogs/improve-your-debugging-skills-with-chrome-devtools#get-intellisense-for-the-client-side-object;

Regards,
Peter Milchev
Progress Telerik

[SSirica]

For the record that linkand Chrome's DevTools is how I came up with the KendoWidget method I posted.   Yesterday the $find kept coming up undefined.  Today it works.  <shrug>

My bad.  I must have had something off the 1st time I tried that.  Works now..I swear it didn't work then.  Maybe I was drinking that day.  Thank you for the quick response and for setting me straight.  

[Peter Milchev]

Hi,

Generally, the $find() needs the ClientID of the control, not the server one. That is why it is good to use the approach below for example, as when the control is inside a NamingContainer, the ClientID and Server ID are different:

• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/general-information/get-client-side-reference#using-the-ms-ajax-approach;
• $find("<%= cbStateL.ClientID %>");

Regards,
Peter Milchev
Progress Telerik