WebForms MultiSelect Overview

RadMultiSelect is available as of R1 2020 and it is a server-side WebForms wrapper over the MultiSelect for Kendo UI for jQuery widget.

It operates on the client, displays a list of options and allows multiple selections from this list. It provides full control over the rendering of items, selected values, and popup headers.

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Figure 1: RadMultiSelect allows the multiple selection of a predefined list of items

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Key Features

  • Renders and operates on the client-side

  • Built-in accessibility, WAI-ARIA, keyboard and RTL support

  • Single and Multiple Tag Options, giving the ability to customize the way the selected values are displayed

  • Client templates for all components

  • Built-in grouping of the data

  • Virtualization

  • Client or server filtering

  • Integration with both client-side and server-side data sources

  • Rich client-side API and events

  • Option for keeping or closing the DropDown upon selecting an item. This is controlled throughout the AutoClose property, see Getting Started section.

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