Turn a list item into a token with JS?

[Yan Moura]

I need to manually select the first list matching item and turn it into a token.

 

Reading the documentation I think that the way to go would be within the example below:

var autoComplete = $find("<%= RadAutoCompleteBox1.ClientID %>");
var newEntry = autoComplete.createEntry('Text', 'Value');
var entries = autoComplete.get_entries();
entries.add(newEntry);

 

 

However instead to create newEntry manually I need to capture the first item in the list that matches user typing (text and value). Any idea?

 

Thanks!

[Peter Milchev]

Hello Yan Moura,

As the AutoCompleteBox is created to handle large set of data, the items in the dropdown are not persisted unless the client-side filtering is used. 

With that said, most of the times the items are not in the dropdown after it closes, hence you cannot access them unless the dropdown is visible. 

If you want to create an entry from the first match automatically on blur, I recommend setting HighlightFirstMatch="true". That would highlight the first match automatically and will create an entry out of it once the control loses focus. 

• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/autocompletebox/functionality/items-selection

Regards,
Peter Milchev
Progress Telerik

[Yan Moura]

Thank you Peter!