[Solved] Self Correcting DropDownWidth?

[Sarah]

I would like the drop down width to be as large as it needs to be to show the data without wrapping and horizontal scroll.  Is it possible for the Combo to determine on it's own how wide it needs to be?

I could count the character of the largest item - but that's not a very good solution since a change in styles will change how much space you need.

Thanks

[Paul]

Hello Sarah,

We tried to implement variable width of the dropdown for the ASP.NET AJAX version of the control, but unfortunately it breaks other functionalities of the control. In a word, this feature will not be implemented in RadComboBox for ASP.NET AJAX.

Please excuse us for the inconvenience we might have caused you.

Greetings,
Paul
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[A]

Hi, I am implementing multi-column combobox which is added programmatically to the ASPX page and the number of columns is also dynamic.

Is there any way to access the dropdown related DIV's created inside my COMBOBOX control object during prerender or Render methods in the ASPX page life cycle so I can make style changes to some of the css properties defined in the combobox_telerik css classes.

[Nikolay]

Hello A,

You can use the CssClass property of the items at the server-side and set this property to the style name you would like to be applied to the items. This can be done either in the page_load or prerender event of the page.

Otherwise, you should use the client-side API to get the DOM elements of the items and change their style. For more details about the client-side object model of the combobox please refer ti the following articles:

RadComboBox object

RadComboBoxItem object

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Nick
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