Using barcode reader on radsearchbox not fire Search event.

[Adrián]

Radsearchbox is working fine when user input is by typing or copy-paste but when the input is from  barcode reader radsearchbox not fire Search event.

¿Can i use an alternative event?

[Doncho]

Hi Adrián,

In case you have control over the scanned text via JavaScript, you can programmatically set the text to the SearchBox and trigger the query.

For instance:

var scannedText = "a"; //use the text comming from the barcode scanner

//get a reference to the SearchBox control object
var searchBox = $telerik.findControl(document,"RadSearchBox1")

var inputElement = searchBox.get_inputElement();

//remove the styling for the Empty message, if such is used
$telerik.$(inputElement).removeClass("rsbEmptyMessage");

//set the text
inputElement.value = scannedText;

//trigger query with the scanned text 
searchBox.query(scannedText, true);//The second parameter defines whether all results should be shown in the drop-down.

You may find it useful to check out the RadSearchBox Client Object API.

A more specific approach would depend on if the scanned text is applied via pasting or set as a value in some other way. It would be very useful if you share information on how the barcode scanner is populating the text inside the RadSearchBox.

I hope you will find this information helpful.

Please let me know if any questions come up.

Kind regards,
Doncho
Progress Telerik