RadDropDownListItem Object

The RadDropDownListItem object is returned by the getItem method of the RadDropDownList or RadDropDownListItemCollection object. It is also exposed by the event arguments of many client-side events (eventArgs.get_item()). The following table lists the most important methods:

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
set_enabled	Boolean	none	Enables the item if it is disabled
get_textElement	none	none	Returns the element of the item
get_imageElement	none	none	Returns the element of the item
remove_imageElement	none	none	Removes the element of the item
get_text	none	String	Gets the Text of the item
get_value	none	String	Gets th Value of the item
set_visible	Boolean	none	Sets whether the item is visible
set_element	none	none	Sets the item's DOM element
findControl	Number	none	Searches the DropDownListItem for a client control with the specified id parameter.
toJsonString	none	String	The JSON representation of the DropDownListItem
get_attributes	none	AttributeCollection	Gets the arbitrary attributes collection
get_element	none	none	Gets he DOM element for the DropDownListItem
get_parent	none	none	The DropDownListItem's parent
get_dropDownList	none	RadDropDownList	Gets the RadDropDownList client-object
set_parent	none	none	Sets the DropDownListItem's parent
set_text	String	none	Sets the DropDownListItem's text
set_value	String	none	Sets the DropDownListItem's value
get_selected	none	Boolean	Returns whether the item is selected
set_selected	Boolean	none	Selects the item
get_imageUrl	none	String	Gets the value of the ImageUrl property
set_imageUrl	String	none	Sets the ImageUrl property of the item
select	none	none	Selects the item (equal to set_selected(true))
unselect	none	none	Unselects the item (equal to set_selected(false))
get_index	none	Number	Gets the DropDownListItem's index inside the DropDownListItemCollection
get_visible	none	Boolean	Gets a value indicating whether the DropDownListItem is visible or not
get_isLast	none	Boolean	Gets a value indicating whether the DropDownListItem is the last item in the ControlItemCollection
get_isFirst	none	Boolean	Gets a value indicating whether the ControlItem is the first item in the ControlItemCollection
get_nextSibling	none	ControlItem	Gets an instance of the next sibling of a ControlItem
get_previousSibling	none	ControlItem	Gets an instance of the previous sibling of a ControlItem.
get_clientTemplate	none	none	Returns the value of the DropDownListItem's ClientTemplate property.
set_clientTemplate	String	none	Sets the value of the DropDownListItem's ClientTemplate property.
bindTemplate	none	none	Evaluates the template against the DropDownListItem's data item and applies it.