OnDropDownTemplateNeeded

The DropDownTemplateNeeded event occurs before template is being applied to the drop-down item. It is commonly used for dynamic templating.

The DropDownTemplateNeeded event handler receives two arguments:

1. The RadAutoCompleteBox object. This argument is of type object, but can be cast to the RadAutoCompleteBox type.

2. An AutoCompleteDropDownItemEventArgs object. This object has an Item property of type DropDownDataItem.

Use the DropDownTemplateNeeded event handler create templates dynamically.

<telerik:RadAutocompleteBox runat="server" id="RadAutoCompleteBox1" inputtype="Token"
    datasourceid="SqlDataSource1" width="400px" datatextfield="ContactName" dropdownwidth="400px"
    ondropdowntemplateneeded="RadAutoCompleteBox1_DropDownTemplateNeeded">
    </telerik:RadAutocompleteBox>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:TelerikConnectionString %>"
    ProviderName="System.Data.SqlClient" SelectCommand="SELECT TOP 6 * FROM [CustomerPhotos]" />

public partial class AutoComplete_Examples_Templates_DefaultCS : System.Web.UI.Page
{

    protected void RadAutoCompleteBox1_DropDownTemplateNeeded(object sender, AutoCompleteDropDownItemEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Item.Template = new CustomContentTemplate();
    }
}

class CustomContentTemplate : ITemplate
{
    public void InstantiateIn(Control container)
    {
        Label label1 = new Label();
        label1.Font.Bold = true;
        label1.DataBinding += new EventHandler(label1_DataBinding);
        container.Controls.Add(label1);
    }

    private void label1_DataBinding(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Label target = (Label)sender;
        DropDownDataItem item = (DropDownDataItem)target.BindingContainer;
        string itemText = (string)DataBinder.Eval(item.DataItem, "ContactName");
        target.Text = itemText;
    }
}

Partial Public Class AutoComplete_Examples_Templates_DefaultCS
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

    Protected Sub RadAutoCompleteBox1_DropDownTemplateNeeded(sender As Object, e As AutoCompleteDropDownItemEventArgs)
        e.Item.Template = New CustomContentTemplate()
    End Sub
End Class

Class CustomContentTemplate
    Implements ITemplate
    Public Sub InstantiateIn(container As Control)
        Dim label1 As New Label()
        label1.Font.Bold = True
        label1.DataBinding += New EventHandler(label1_DataBinding)
        container.Controls.Add(label1)
    End Sub

    Private Sub label1_DataBinding(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim target As Label = DirectCast(sender, Label)
        Dim item As DropDownDataItem = DirectCast(target.BindingContainer, DropDownDataItem)
        Dim itemText As String = DirectCast(DataBinder.Eval(item.DataItem, "ContactName"), String)
        target.Text = itemText
    End Sub
End Class

See Also

• OnEntryAdded

• OnEntryRemoved

• OnTextChanged