Set Default and add Item

[Mike]

I would like to swap out my asp:DropDownList with your ComboBox but I need to have these two things solved first.

1. How do you set the default item? below is the asp:DropDownList

 DropDownList1.Items.FindByValue("0").Selected = true

2. How do you add an item to the list and have it at the top when binding other items from a database? below is the asp:DropDownList

 userList.TypeID = (int)Enumeration.ContactType.Consultant;
 DropDownList1.DataSource = userList.GetUsersByContactType;
 DropDownList1.DataTextField = "CONTACT_NAME";
 DropDownList1.DataValueField = "ID";
 DropDownList1.DataBind();
 DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem("All", "0")); //This Line

Thanks for the help!

[Yana]

Hi Mike,

Thank you for contacting us.

You should use this code snippet to set a default value for a RadComboBox:

RadComboBox1.Items.FindItemByValue("0").Selected = true;

To add an item to the combobox at the top, when binding other items, you need to set the AppendDataBoundItems property to true and use the code below:

RadComboBox1.Items.Insert(0, new RadComboBoxItem("All", "0"));

Please check out the attached file for a reference.

All the best,
Yana
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[Mike]

Yana,

Thank You!  You truly are the "Bear"

;)