Hi,

Is it possible to implement search/look-ahead in the current version of the DropDown component? If not, will you be adding this feature soon?

Thank you.

Ben

At the moment, typing with the keyboard focuses the first item that starts with the last letter you pressed. To focus the next one you should either use Down Arrow, or type the same letter again.

I would like it to behave like the regular <select> or like a combo box with filtering - typing characters quickly should highlight the item that begins with all those characters, instead of using only the first letter.

Hello everyone,

We have opened this Feature Request to gather your insights on the addition of disabled items for the DropDownList.

As a workaround, for the time being, you could use the following code snippet. It would prevent the user from clicking on the item with the mouse, but navigating with the keyboard and selecting it would still work.

<style>
    .disabled-item {
        color: #D3D3D3;
        width:100%;
    }

    /* remove default padding so the user can't click the underlying element outside the template
        Note: this will also affect other dropdowns on the page
    */
    .ddl-item {
        padding: 4px 8px;
    }

    .k-popup ul.k-list li.k-item {
        padding: 0;
    }
</style>

@TheValue
<br />

<TelerikDropDownList Data="@myDdlData" TextField="MyTextField" ValueField="MyValueField" @bind-Value="@TheValue">
    <ItemTemplate>
        @{
            MyDdlModel item = context as MyDdlModel;
            <div @onclick:preventDefault="@item.IsDisabled" 
                 @onclick:stopPropagation="@item.IsDisabled"
                 class="@( item.IsDisabled ? "disabled-item ddl-item" : "ddl-item" )">
                    @item.MyTextField
            </div>
        }
    </ItemTemplate>
</TelerikDropDownList>


@code {
    int TheValue { get; set; } = 2;

    public class MyDdlModel
    {
        public int MyValueField { get; set; }
        public string MyTextField { get; set; }
        public bool IsDisabled { get; set; }
    }

    IEnumerable<MyDdlModel> myDdlData = Enumerable.Range(1, 20).Select(x => new MyDdlModel
    {
        MyTextField = "item " + x,
        MyValueField = x,
        IsDisabled = x % 3 == 0
    });
}

As stated in the documentation the Event OnChange for DropDownList is shown by intellisense but should not be used. However, in some situations it would be very useful to bind the value of the DropDownList and additionally have an event when the value changes, e.g. show additional inputs when a value is selected.

Currently it is either possible to have data binding to value by @bind-Value or listen for the changed event by using Value and ValueChanged.

This will allow the dropdown to be large enough to fit a reasonable number of items without a scrollbar. Alternatively, you could limit it through a pixel value you can set, or through the MaxPopupHeight property if it gets implemented: https://feedback.telerik.com/blazor/1412653-maxpopupheight.

Is it possible to drop dropDownList from outside, for example after its data has been changed, without clicking on it ?

ADMIN EDIT:

This feature is also applicable to ComboBox, AutoComplete and Multiselect components.

Add the ability to make the drop down list expanded contents wider than the closed control, or just automatically determine appropriate width (doesn't always work well for very long text fields, so you need both properties).

See:  https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/combobox/examples/functionality/dropdownconfigurator/defaultcs.aspx

Posting this feature request as per your suggestion in my original forum post at: https://www.telerik.com/forums/data-source-using-scalar-list

I would like the DropDownList component to support lists of scalar values as data source. I.e:

<TelerikDropDownList Data="@MyList" bind-Value=@MyItem>

</TelerikDropDownList>
 
@functions {
    protected List<string> MyList = new List<string>() { "a", "b", "c" };
 
    protected string MyItem { get; set; } = "b";
}

The DropDownList would infer the scalar type from the Data property. The TextField items shown in the list (and the associated ValueField) would be the same: i.e. the value of each scalar in the list.

Right now when a DropDownList has PopupHeight="Auto" the popup gets the height necesaary to display its items properly.

But when there are many items the popup also displays all items without a vertical scrollbar (maybe over the entire page and beyond), which is not good.

My suggestion would be to add a property for specifyig a "MaxPopupHeight" to limit the growth of the popup.

Also if "PopupHeight" is not specified it should take "Auto" as the default value instead of a static height in px, instead give the new "MaxPopupHeight" a limiting default value.