Templates don't work with textboxes in firefox

[Fred Taylor]

If I add a textbox or radtextbox to a template, you can't set focus to the textbox to enter text..  This work with IE7.  Testing failed with FF 3.6.1 and FF 4.01.

easy to reproduce:

<telerik:RibbonBarTemplateItem ID="templatetextbox">
    <Template>
        <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtTest"></asp:TextBox>
    </Template>
</telerik:RibbonBarTemplateItem>

[Kate]

Hello Fred,

This behaviour is a bug of the RadRibbonBar control. Thank you for reporting it, you can also find your Telerik point updated.

Kind regards,
Kate
the Telerik team

[Andrei]

Any news on fixing this bug? Or perhaps a workaround? I was able to set the focus and write in the textbox, if I previously right clicked the textbox; but after a left click outside the textbox, the focus is again lost. I really need to use a textbox inside the ribbon bar.

Also, I found another problem: if I add a textbox in a RibbonBarGroup along with some RibbonBarButtons that have the property Value set, in the code-behind the value received isn't the right one.
For instance, let's say I have defined a ribbon bar group like this:

<telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Test">
    <Items>
        <telerik:RibbonBarTemplateItem>
            <telerik:RadTextBox ID="RadTextBox1" Skin="Office2007" TextMode="SingleLine" />
        </telerik:RibbonBarTemplateItem>
        <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Test1" ImageUrl='..' Width="80px" Value="test1" />
        <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Test2" ImageUrl='..' Width="80px" Value="test2" />
        <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Test3" ImageUrl='..' Width="80px" Value="test3" />
    </Items>
</telerik:RibbonBarGroup>

And on the ribbon button click event (code behind) I have:

switch (e.Button.Value)
{
    case "test1":
    ...code...
        break;
    case "test2":
    ...code...
        break;
    case "test3":
    ...code...
        break;
}

When I press the button with Value "test1", no case is hit, when I press "test2", "test1" case is hit and when I press "test3", "test2" case is hit. So everything is shifted to the left. It appears that the textbox is somehow interpreted as a button and interferes with the normal functionality of the ribbon bar. If I remove the textbox or if I place it inside another group, everything is ok, but this is not an option for me.

Any suggestions?

[Andrei]

For the first problem, I found a workaround: force the focus on the onclick event.

<telerik:RadTextBox ID="RadTextBox1" runat="server" onclick="this.focus();" />

For the second problem, I moved the textbox after the three buttons, but I'm not happy with this "solution". Still waiting on a proper one from you.

[Kate]

Hello Andrei,

We are currently working on resolving the bug however, I can not give you any time frame when we will manage to fix it. We will let you know once we are ready with the fix.

Our apologies for the caused inconvenience.

Greetings,
Kate
the Telerik team

[Kate]

Hi Fred Taylor,

The issue with the RadRibbonBar and the textbox has been resolved and it should be available for you to download it in the next internal build (Wednesday next week).

Please do not hesitate to contact us again should you have any other questions.


All the best,
Kate
the Telerik team