skipping first letter in search of combo box column

[John]

I need this in both grid combo box columns and the radcombo itself.
when set to dropdownlist, is there a way to skip the first letter in the combo when the combo auto selects something?

I have the following in a combo


D123
D125
D101

the users don't want to have to type the d, but want it in the combo.  they want to type 10 and have it pick D101 etc.

thanks.

[Stefan]

Hello John,

Thank you for writing.

While there is no way to skip the first letter, you can cover your case by using the Contains mode of the AutoCompleteSuggest functionality. To set it for the combo in the grid, you have to use the CellEditorInitialized event:

void radGridView1_CellEditorInitialized(object sender, GridViewCellEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Column.Name == "ComboColumn")
    {
        RadDropDownListEditor editor = e.ActiveEditor as RadDropDownListEditor;
        if (editor != null)
        {
            RadDropDownListEditorElement element = (RadDropDownListEditorElement)editor.EditorElement;
            element.AutoCompleteSuggest.SuggestMode = SuggestMode.Contains;
        }
    }
}

To do that for the control, please consider the following property:

radDropDownList1.DropDownListElement.AutoCompleteSuggest.SuggestMode = SuggestMode.Contains;

I hope that you find this useful.

Kind regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team