template as dataTextField

[Maxim]

Hi,

Is there a way to define dataTextField to be a template? Perhaps it may be a good idea to define two new properties displayTemplate and valueTemplate to make control more flexible and customizable on client side.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Maxim,

 
Currently display template is not supported. You can share your thoughts in our UserVoice. Thus other users can vote for such functionality.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Jerry T.]

According to this demo, templates *are* supported:

http://demos.kendoui.com/web/dropdownlist/template.html

maybe not for the dataTextField property, itself, but there's a template property.  Here's another example from my own code:

portion of the column definition:
    var columns = [
        { field: "CostCategoryAbv", title: "Cat", width: 45, editor: comboboxCostCategory },

and here's the editor function:

    function comboboxCostCategory(container, options) {
        $("<input name='" + options.field + "' style='width:275px;'/>")
     .appendTo(container)
     .kendoDropDownList({
         autoBind: false,
         dataSource: me.costCategoryDataSource,
         dataTextField: "CostCatAbv",
         dataValueField: "CostCatAbv",
         template: "${ data.CostDescription }"
     });
    };