[Solved] Set combobox value by Text

[Michael Pullella]

Hi

I have a grid and a combobox on a form
When the user selects an item from the grid, I am setting the value of textboxes and an MVC Combobox based on the values that were in the grid row.

How can you set the value of a combobox based on text (sort of like FindItemByText in the RadCombobox)?


I can set the value by index like this:

$('#CategoryID').data('tComboBox').select(3);

I would like to set the value by text like this:

$('#CategoryID').data('tComboBox').select('ComboBoxItem3');

I suppose I could loop through all the items in the combobox until I find the one that matches the text, then select that.  Is there a better way?
Thanks in advance.

[Michael Pullella]

Here is what I ended up doing.  Is there a better way?

// e.row.cells[1].innerHTML is the value that I am matching (from the grid)

var combo = $('#CategoryID').data('tComboBox');

//fill in the combo
$.each(combo.data, function (key, value) {
    if (value.Text == e.row.cells[1].innerHTML) {
        combo.select(key);
        return;
    }
});

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Michael,

 
You can pass predicate to the .select() method in order to select item with desired Item.Text:

$('#CategoryID').data('tComboBox').select('ComboBoxItem3');

var combobox = $('#CategoryID').data('tComboBox');

var selectItem = function(dataItem){
    //dataItem argument is a ComboBox data item.
    return dataItem.Text== "ComboBoxItem3";
}

combobox.select(selectItem);

For more information check this help topic.

Best wishes,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team