Selected value of Combo Box

[Syed]

 

<telerik:RadComboBox Filter="Contains" runat="server" ID="cmbTechnicalServicePerson" Width="420px"
    MarkFirstMatch="true" DataSourceID="DSGetTechnicalServicePerson" EnableLoadOnDemand="true"
    HighlightTemplatedItems="true" OnClientItemsRequested="UpdateItemCountField"
    OnDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_DataBound" OnItemDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_ItemDataBound"
    LabelWidth="100" Label="Technical Service Name:" Skin="Office2010Black" Style="position: absolute; top: 310px; left: 21px; z-index: 6500; height: 16px;" Text="Select  a Value" TabIndex="3">
    <HeaderTemplate>
        <ul>
            <li class="col1">Name</li>
            <li class="col2">Position</li>
            <li class="col2">Unit</li>
        </ul>
    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
        <ul>
            <li class="col1">
                <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "[FULLNAME]")%></li>
            <li class="col2">
                <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Position")%></li>
            <li class="col3">
                <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "[Department]")%></li>
        </ul>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>
        A total of
                <asp:Literal runat="server" ID="RadComboItemsTCount" />
        items
    </FooterTemplate>

</telerik:RadComboBox>

This is how my combo box set up in aspx page

 

I wanted to select the value from combo box using vb.net it select the value but the selected text will always “Select  a Value” which is default value.

This is how I am change the selected value inside the code

Me.cmbTechnicalServicePerson.SelectedValue = DRProjectDetailsinfo.Item("TechnicalServicePerson")

Or Me.cmbTechnicalServicePerson.SelectedValue = 12551

But it is not selecting the text any idea

Thanks

Syed

[Princy]

Hi Syed,

Please try to set the EmptyMessage property of RadComboBox instead of Text property. The EmptyMessage property enables the ability to set any text in the input field of the control. This text is not visible when the RadComboBox gets the focus and appears again on blur if no item is selected. Please have a look into the code snippet to get the Text of Selected Item in Code behind.

ASPX:

<telerik:RadComboBox Filter="Contains" runat="server" ID="cmbTechnicalServicePerson"
    Width="420px" MarkFirstMatch="true" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" EnableLoadOnDemand="true"
    HighlightTemplatedItems="true" LabelWidth="100" Label="Technical Service Name:"
    Skin="Office2010Black" Style="position: absolute; top: 310px; left: 21px; z-index: 6500;
    height: 16px;" EmptyMessage="Select  a Value" TabIndex="3" OnItemDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_ItemDataBound"
    OnDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_DataBound">
....
</telerik:RadComboBox>

VB:

Protected Sub cmbTechnicalServicePerson_DataBound(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    cmbTechnicalServicePerson.SelectedValue = "12551"
    Dim text As String = cmbTechnicalServicePerson.SelectedItem.Text
End Sub

Thanks,
Princy.

[Syed]

Hi There

I have a another probelm with  RadComboBox

And definition look like this

<telerik:RadComboBox Filter="Contains" runat="server" ID="cmbTechnicalServicePerson" Width="420px"

        MarkFirstMatch="true" DataSourceID="DSGetTechnicalServicePerson"

        HighlightTemplatedItems="true" OnClientItemsRequested="UpdateItemCountField"

        OnDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_DataBound" OnItemDataBound="cmbTechnicalServicePerson_ItemDataBound"

        LabelWidth="100" Label="Technical Service Name:" Skin="Office2010Black" Style="position: absolute; top: 310px; left: 21px; z-index: 6500; height: 16px;" EmptyMessage="Select  a Value" TabIndex="3">

        <HeaderTemplate>

            <ul>

                <li class="col1">Name</li>

                <li class="col2">Position</li>

                <li class="col2">Unit</li>

            </ul>

        </HeaderTemplate>

        <ItemTemplate>

            <ul>

                <li class="col1">

                    <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "[FULLNAME]")%></li>

                <li class="col2">

                    <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Position")%></li>

                <li class="col3">

                    <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "[Department]")%></li>

            </ul>

        </ItemTemplate>

        <FooterTemplate>

            A total of

                    <asp:Literal runat="server" ID="RadComboItemsTCount" />

            items

        </FooterTemplate>

 

    </telerik:RadComboBox>

Some time user would like to un select the selected value but this setting  does not allow them. Initial the EmptyMessage="Select  a Value" appear but as soon as they select something they will not be able to unselect to the empty value

Can someone please give some suggestion?

Many thanks

Syed

[Nencho]

Hello Syed,

I would suggest you to hook the OnClientBlur client-side event of the RadComboBox and clear the selection of the control, if the text is an empty string. Please consider the following implementation:

function OnClientBlur(sender) {

          if (sender.get_text() == "") {

              sender.clearSelection();

          }

      }

Regards,
Nencho
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