Hello again,
I see.
I've put together a small project to show what I want to create, and why I would like to use a Text property.
UI:
CodeBehind:
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Telerik.Windows.Controls;
namespace RadAutoCompleteBoxTest
{
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
List<string> suggestions = new List<string> {
"telerik",
"radautocompletebox",
"text property",
"google search box",
"behavior",
"behaviour",
"developer friendly controls",
"p0rn",
};
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
radacb.ItemsSource = suggestions;
}
private void RadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
string searchString = string.Empty;
if (radacb.SelectedItem != null) // does it have anything selected?
{
// get the selected value, since SearchText will NOT contain the whole string
searchString = radacb.SelectedItem.ToString();
}
else
{
// get the value from SearchText
searchString = radacb.SearchText;
}
if (searchString.Length > 0)
{
// it's a new value, let's store it somehow
if (!suggestions.Contains(searchString))
suggestions.Add(searchString);
RadWindow.Alert(searchString);
}
}
}
}
In codebehind, I would like to use only 1 property. (And do databinding.) For example, a Text property, that gets the whole string visible in the control. And please note the SelectionMode="Single" setter in the XAML. (The Text property would have meaning only with this set.)
I hope this clears things.
Gyula