[Solved] Which value is the text, and which value is the value?

[Jay]

Ok, so I'm struggling here on finding out which value is the right value.   Take your example here:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/combobox/clientsideevents

If you select 'Chai' as the dropdown value.   The OnChange event has '2' as the value.

But if you type '2' in the box.  The OnChange event has '2' as the value.

How do I know which is which?  I don't see anything in the event that tells me that it's an unbound value.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Jeff,

 
If the selectedIndex is -1, then no item is selected and the value is a custom text:

function onChange(e) {
    var combobox = $(this).data("tComboBox").se
    if (combobox.value() && combobox.selectedIndex == -1) {
       alert("custom value");
   }
}

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team