search complex displaymember

[Tim Ge]

i have got a combobox which has set the RadComboBox.ItemTemplate to a combined string

 

<telerik:RadComboBox x:Name ="blah" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0,26.04,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="167.54" d:LayoutOverrides="HorizontalAlignment" ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource respondentViewSource}}" >

so how can i have a search text area that actually searches the "displaymember" or "itemtemplate"
i think it's to do with telerik:TextSearch.TextPath, but i don't what value is expected in that attribute.

[Valeri Hristov]

Hello Tim,

You need to set the TextSearch.TextPath attached property, check the following example for more information:
http://demos.telerik.com/silverlight/#ComboBox/DataBinding

If you are using Silverlight 3, the telerik xmlns should be declared as:

xmlns:telerik="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls"

Greetings,
Valeri Hristov
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[Tim Ge]

Thanks for the reply.
However, even I added a datatemplate, I can only search one element of them
e.g.
                        <StackPanel.Resources>
                            <DataTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxSimpleTemplate">
                                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding FirstName}" />
                                    <TextBlock Text=" " />
                                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding LastName}" />
                                </StackPanel>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </StackPanel.Resources>

now I can only search FirstName or LastName, how can i achieve searching for fullname giving that i dont have fullname column in my database?

[Valeri Hristov]

Hi Tim,

You should create an additional property, that combines the values of the members you need to search for, then set TextSearch.TextPath="the name of the new property". Probably you should also set TextSearchMode="Contains" on RadComboBox.

Sincerely yours,
Valeri Hristov
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