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Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList : Telerik.Web.UI.ControlItemContainer

Inheritance Hierarchy

Methods

closeDropDown

Closes the DropDown

Parameters

Returns

None

commitChanges

Writes the changes to the dropDownList that were made since a previous call to trackChanges, so that they are preserved over post-backs.

Parameters

Returns

None

findItemByText

Returns the first DropDownListItem object whose Text property equals to the passed parameter.

Parameters

theText String

The text tosearch for

Returns

Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItem

findItemByValue

Returns the first DropDownListItem object whose Value property equals to the passed parameter.

Parameters

theValue String

The value to search for

Returns

Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItem Returns the first DropDownListItem whose Value property matches the passed parameter

get_childListElement

Gets the UL element of the RadDropDownList

Parameters

Returns

Element The UL element of the RadDropDownList

get_clientTemplate

Returns the value of the RadDropDownList's ClientItemTemplate property.

Parameters

Returns

None

get_defaultMessage

Returns the value of the RadDropDownList's DefaultMessage property.

Parameters

Returns

None

get_dropDownElement

Gets the root DOM element of the RadDropDownList

Parameters

Returns

Element The root DOM element of the RadDropDownList

get_emptySelectionMessage

Returns the value of the RadDropDownList's EmptySelectionMessage property.

Parameters

Returns

Object

get_items

Gets a collection with all items

Parameters

Returns

Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItemCollection

get_selectedItem

Gets the selected item.

Parameters

Returns

Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItem

get_textElement

Gets the DOM element of the RadDropDownList where the text of the currently selected item is shown.

Parameters

Returns

Element DOM element of the RadDropDownList where the text of the currently selected item is shown.

getItem

Gets the item from the Items collection residing at the index specified by the parameter.

Parameters

index Number

Returns

Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItem

openDropDown

Opens the DropDown

Parameters

Returns

None

repaint

Refreshes the RadDropDownList UI

Parameters

Returns

None

saveClientState

Saves the client state to the client state hidden field

Parameters

Returns

None

set_clientTemplate

Sets the value of the RadDropDownList's ClientItemTemplate property.

Parameters

value String

value

Returns

None

set_defaultMessage

Sets the value of the RadDropDownList's DefaultMessage property.

Parameters

value String

value

Returns

None

set_emptySelectionMessage

Sets the value of the RadDropDownList's EmptySelectionMessage property.

Parameters

String String

Returns

Object

set_enabled

Enables RadDropDownList

Parameters

value Boolean

true if the RadDropDownList should be enabled. False otherwise

Returns

None

toggleDropDown

Toggles the DropDown state between opened and closed.

Parameters

Returns

None

Events

Occurs after the drop-down list has been opened.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.EventArgs

The arguments of the DropDownOpened event.

itemsRequested

Occurs after the the portion of items is added to the RadDropDownList (WebService data-binding scenario)

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.EventArgs

The arguments of the ItemsRequested event.

itemSelecting

Occurs before a certain item is about to be selected.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItemSelectingEventArgs

The arguments of the DropDownClosed event.

itemSelected

Occurs before a certain item is about to be selected.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItemSelectedEventArgs

The arguments of the ItemSelected event.

templateDataBound

Occurs for each item that is created during WebService(including if ODataSource is used).

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.RadTemplateBoundEventArgs

The arguments of the TemplateDataBound event.

itemDataBound

Occurs for each item that is created during WebService(including if ODataSource is used).

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItemDataBoundEventArgs

The arguments of the ItemDataBound event.

selectedIndexChanged

Occurs immediately after the SelectedItem has been changed.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListIndexChangedEventArgs

The arguments of the SelectedIndexChanged event.

Occurs just before the drop-down list gets closed.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.EventArgs

The arguments of the DropDownClosing event.

Occurs just before the drop-down list gets closed.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.EventArgs

The arguments of the DropDownClosed event.

Occurs just before the drop-down list gets opened.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.CancelEventArgs

The arguments of the DropDownOpening event.

itemsRequestFailed

Occurs when an error has occurred while loading elements using the load-on-demand mechanism.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Sys.CancelEventArgs

The arguments of the ItemsRequestFailed event.

itemsRequesting

Occurs when the RadDropDownList is about to send a server-side request to load its items from the web service.

Event Data

sender Telerik.Web.UI.RadDropDownList

The RadDropDownList instance raised the event.

args Telerik.Web.UI.DropDownListItemsRequestingEventArgs

The arguments of the ItemsRequesting event.

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