Getting Started with the Telerik WebForms RadioButtonList

Updated on Aug 24, 2026

The following help article demonstrates how to set up a page with a RadRadioButtonList control and use its OnSelectedIndexChanged server event:

1. In the default page of a new ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web Application, add a RadRadioButtonList control:

   ASP.NET

   <telerik:RadRadioButtonList ID="RadRadioButtonList1" runat="server">
   </telerik:RadRadioButtonList>

2. Add two RadioButtonListItem objects to the Items collection and set the appropriate values for Text and Selected properties of each item:

   ASP.NET

   <telerik:RadRadioButtonList ID="RadRadioButtonList1" runat="server">
   	<Items>
   		<telerik:RadioButtonListItem Text="Accept" Value="0" Selected="true" />
   		<telerik:RadioButtonListItem Text="Decline" Value="1" />
   	</Items>
   </telerik:RadRadioButtonList>

3. To hook to the OnSelectedIndexChanged server-side event of RadRadioButtonList, add an attribute to the main control tag and add the method signature:

   ASP.NET

   <telerik:RadRadioButtonList ID="RadRadioButtonList1" runat="server" OnSelectedIndexChanged="RadRadioButtonList1_SelectedIndexChanged">
   	<Items>
   		<telerik:RadioButtonListItem Text="Accept" Value="0" Selected="true" />
   		<telerik:RadioButtonListItem Text="Decline" Value="1" />
   	</Items>
   </telerik:RadRadioButtonList>

   C#

   protected void RadRadioButtonList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   
   }

   VB.NET

    Protected Sub RadRadioButtonList1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    End Sub

4. Add a Label control to write the information to:

   ASP.NET

   <asp:Label ID="Label1" Text="" runat="server" />

5. Use the OnSelectedIndexChanged event handler to write information about the properties of the SelectedItem of the RadRadioButtonList:

   C#

   protected void RadRadioButtonList1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
   	RadRadioButtonList radioButtonList = sender as RadRadioButtonList;
   
   
   	string data = string.Format("selected index: {0}, selected value {1}, selected text: {2}",
   								radioButtonList.SelectedIndex, radioButtonList.SelectedValue, radioButtonList.SelectedItem.Text);
   	Label1.Text = data;
   }

   VB.NET

    Protected Sub RadRadioButtonList1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    	Dim radioButtonList As RadRadioButtonList = TryCast(sender, RadRadioButtonList)
   
   
    	Dim data As String = String.Format("selected index: {0}, selected value {1}, selected text: {2}", radioButtonList.SelectedIndex, radioButtonList.SelectedValue, radioButtonList.SelectedItem.Text)
    	Label1.Text = data
    End Sub

See Also

• Design Time

• Properties and Events