# RadComboBox Item Builder

The **RadComboBox Item Editor** lets you define items **inline** (in the aspx page).

## RadComboBox Item Editor

There are two ways to bring up the RadComboBox Item Editor:

* From the **RadComboBox** [ Smart Tag ](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/combobox/design-time/smart-tag), click on the **Build RadComboBox** link.

* Right-click on the **RadComboBox** control and select **Build RadComboBox** from its pop-up menu.

You can add, edit, delete and re-arrange items:

| **Button**                                                                                                                                                 | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![ComboBox Add Button](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/f0469f501b9366d96b18061a69f9f108/combobox_addbutton.png)          | Click the Add button to append a ComboBoxItem to the list.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ![ComboBox Up Down Buttons](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/86530277140db89ad2b80afab6190c61/combobox_updownbuttons.png) | Use the up and down arrow buttons to rearrange the items in the list. This order determines the order the items appear in the drop-down list.                                                                                      |
| ![ComboBox Delete Button](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/7108219145657ec25961fd3f814ad9b9/combobox_deleteicon.png)      | Select an item and click the Delete button to delete it from the list.                                                                                                                                                             |
| ![ComboBox Sort Properties](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/d88086ba55a35ac4516199280bcac307/combobox_propertysort.png)  | Select individual items to change their properties using the property pane on the right of the **RadComboBox Item Editor** . Use the sorting controls above the property paneto sort the properties by category or alphabetically. |

![combobox additem](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/assets/7d411e2e9e501dd32f9042fec0a66543/combobox_additem.png)

## RadComboBoxItem Properties

For each **RadComboBoxItem**,

* **Text** is the string that the user sees for the item in the drop-down list.

* **ToolTip** is a string that appears in the tooltip window when the user hovers the mouse over the item in the drop-down list.

> note Setting the tooltip can enable an accessibility feature: Special accessibility readers like JAWS can pronounce the tooltip of the highlighted item.

* **Value** is the value associated with the item. It determines the value of the combobox's **SelectedValue** property when the item is selected. By default it is equal to the **Text** of the item.

* **Selected** lets you control which item is initially selected when the **RadComboBox** first appears.

> note Only one item can be selected at a time. If you set **Selected** to **True** for an item, the **Selected** property of all other items is automatically set to **False** .

* **Enabled** determines whether the user can select the item from the drop-down list.

* **CssClass** is the name of a CSS style to be applied to the combobox item. The style can be declared in the CSS file of the applied [skin](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/combobox/appearance-and-styling/skins).

> tip You can also customize the appearance of items using[templates](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/combobox/templates/overview).

## See Also

* [Overview](https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/controls/combobox/radcombobox-items/overview)