The following knowledge base article describes how to select the default value in a drop down, but if there's no default value the selection is not cleared using this method.

https://docs.telerik.com/blazor-ui/knowledge-base/inputs-clear-selection-value?_ga=2.18517947.380379649.1635269411-1661447875.1621547203

When setting the bind value to null (or the default, or frankly anything that doesn't exist in the drop down) I'd like the drop down list selection to be cleared when there's no default value set on the DropDownList.

@page "/"

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<TelerikButton OnClick="@ClearSelection">Clear selection</TelerikButton>
<TelerikDropDownList Data="@data" @bind-Value="selectedValue" />

@code {
    List<string> data = new() { "selection" };
    string selectedValue;

    void ClearSelection()
    {
        // This does not cause the drop down to clear the selection and I think it should.
        selectedValue = null;
    }
}

I need to be able to allow our users to tab into the dropdownlist control and open it with enter (similar to standard HTML select).

Here is also a sample from the W3 documentation to compare against: DropDownList keyboard support.

Before, the Value from the first item in the Data was populated through @bind-Value to the view model. It no longer is.

In the following snippet, I expect to see "1" in the initial load of the page, but I see "0" - the default value for the integer.

@selectedValue

<TelerikDropDownList Data="@myDdlData" TextField="MyTextField" ValueField="MyValueField" @bind-Value="@selectedValue">
</TelerikDropDownList>

@code {
    //in a real case, the model is usually in a separate file
    //the model type and value field type must be provided to the dropdpownlist
    public class MyDdlModel
    {
        public int MyValueField { get; set; }
        public string MyTextField { get; set; }
    }

    IEnumerable<MyDdlModel> myDdlData = Enumerable.Range(1, 20).Select(x => new MyDdlModel { MyTextField = "item " + x, MyValueField = x });

    int selectedValue { get; set; }
}

Currently, a TextField value of empty string will produce a blank item in the dropdown.

On the other hand, a null TextField value will produce the fully qualified class name.

Here are possible workarounds: https://blazorrepl.telerik.com/myOlFpFb1465jW8E07

TlerikDropDownList keyboard navigation works differently from native html select.

In case we have a list with many similar options, for example:
011
021
211
....
In this case with native html select I can type 02 to select 021, but with TlerikDropDownList this would select 211.

If you type swiftly multiple printable characters, the DropDownList keyboard navigation will react only to the first character.

When the Value you bind to the DropDownList is null (for example, because it is a model that is not filled in by the user yet, and you need to perform validation), the component throws a null reference exception.

This does not happen for a nullable integer (example here)

When using the grouped DropDownList and performing a search for a specific element, the DropDownList incorrectly displays the initially shown group instead of the group containing the searched element.

The DropDownList triggers exceptions if there are no items in the dropdown and one tries to use keyboard navigation:

• up/down arrows to change the selected item, no matter if the component is open or not
• Enter after filtering for non-existent item

Here is a test page. A possible workaround is to set DefautText, so that the dropdown always contains at least one  item.

Open and press Enter, Up or Down:

<TelerikDropDownList Data="@( new List<string>() )"
                     @bind-Value="@SelectedValue"
                     TItem="string"
                     TValue="string"
                     Width="200px" />

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Open, filter by something non-existent and press Enter, Up or Down:

<TelerikDropDownList Data="@DropDownData"
                     @bind-Value="@SelectedValue"
                     TItem="string"
                     TValue="string"
                     Filterable="true"
                     Width="200px" />

@code {
    string SelectedValue { get; set; }

    List<string> DropDownData = new List<string>()
    {
        "foo",
        "bar",
        "baz"
    };
}

The first element of the dropdown gets read aloud at page load even without being focused.

Using the latest version of (Chrome and Chromevox) and (Firefox and NVDA).

DropdownList does not work very well with a screen reader.

It should work like this one https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/examples/listbox/listbox-collapsible.html

Using NVDA and Firefox, it reads the selected item 3 times, sometimes does not work at all (This is only when you open the dropdown using alt plus down arrow). Using just the arrow up and down keys does not work.

Using Cromevox and ChromeOn the dropdowns, it does not give a description of how many options are available like, "1 of 4" when you first tab to it. It reads it after I already selected the first option. That should be reversed, read the options first and not after its selected (This is only when you open the dropdown using alt plus down arrow). Using only the arrow key up and down it reads the selected item only but does not reads the other options.