Define Selected Item in Kendo ComboBox - kendo-ui

When I set the selected item in the Kendo ComboBox, it will display the Value and not the Text of the Item.
foreach (var v in Model.Projects)
{
SelectListItem item = new SelectListItem();
item.Value = v.Project_Id;
item.Text = v.Description;
if (v.Project_Id.Equals(Model.Project_Id))
{
item.Selected = true;
}
list.Add(item);
}
}
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("mycombo")
.BindTo(list)
.Enable(true)
.AutoBind(false)
)

Try updating your ComboBox wrapper with the DataTextField and DataValueField to tell it specifically what fields to use.
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("mycombo")
.BindTo(list)
.Enable(true)
.DataTextField("Text")
.DataValueField("Value")
.AutoBind(false))

Just need to set the auto bind to true, so the text would be loaded immediately and not only when the user clicked the combo box.
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("mycombo")
.BindTo(list)
.Enable(true)
.AutoBind(true)

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how to insert value into the kendo combo box

If I have a kendo combobox that contains more than 1 value I would like to insert "-ALL- as the DataTextField and "9999" as the DataValueField. Currently, if I have only a single record I use the DataBound event to test for that and if it = 1 then I load a grid based on this value, but if the length > 1 then I would like to add the -All-. I don't understand the insert as described by telerik.
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("FAList")
.Placeholder("Select Fiscal Agency...")
.DataTextField("Text")
.DataValueField("Value")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:50%;" })
.Filter("startswith")
.AutoBind(true)
.MinLength(3)
.DataSource(source =>
{
source.Read(read =>
{
read.Action("GetUserAgencyList", "Entities");
})
.ServerFiltering(true);
})
.Events(e => e
.Change("onFAChange")
.DataBound("onFADataBound")
)
)
and then the function for binding the data
function onFADataBound(e) {
// the agency list dropdown
var combobox = $("#FAList").data("kendoComboBox");
// if there is only a single record then set that in the combobox and load the grid based on that
if (e.sender.dataSource.view().length == 1) {
e.sender.select(0);
var filter = this.value();
$.get('/City/CityGrid_Read', { id: filter }, function (data) {
var grid = $("#FollowUpGrid").data("kendoGrid");
grid.dataSource.read();
})
}
if (e.sender.dataSource.view().length > 1) {
}
}
Answered at: Adding an item dynamically in kendo combobox
Combining that with your code:
if (e.sender.dataSource.view().length > 1) {
$("#FAList").data("kendoComboBox").dataSource.add({ Text: "-All-",
Value: "0" });
}
Something like that! I hope you get this implemented :)
An alternative could be to change the Placeholder text in this event method where length > 1
as per example on: http://www.telerik.com/forums/placeholder-text
$("#FAList").data("kendoComboBox").input.attr("placeholder", "-All-");

How to assign kendo combobox a value

I am using the 2016.3.914.440 version of kendo and have a question on the ComboBox. If my datasource only returns a single value, how can I assign that to the ComboBox so the user doesn't need to enter a value? I tried the .SelectIndex(0), but that works under all situations, so I thought in the .DataBound I would check for the record count and if = 1 then I wanted to assign to the ComboBox.
The code I have is the following.
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("FAList")
.Placeholder("Select Fiscal Agency...")
.DataTextField("Text")
.DataValueField("Value")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:50%;" })
.Filter("startswith")
.AutoBind(true)
.MinLength(3)
.DataSource(source =>
{
source.Read(read =>
{
read.Action("GetUserAgencyList", "Entities");
})
.ServerFiltering(true);
})
.Events(e => e
.Change("onFAChange")
.DataBound("onFADataBound")
)
)
But I don't know how to finish the onFADataBound event
function onFADataBound(e) {
var dropdown = $("#FAList").data("kendoComboBox");
var count = dropdown.dataSource.data().length
alert('FA Count: ' + count)
}
So how would I find the text and value of the datasource record and assign that to the DataTextField and DataValueField.
You can select the first item via the select method.
function onFADataBound(e) {
if (e.sender.dataSource.view().length == 1) {
e.sender.select(1);
}
}
Note that the selected item's index will be 1 if you have an optionLabel (placeholder) and 0 otherwise.

How to add a tooltip based on a DropDown list with Kendo wrappers?

DropDownList:
#(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("ddlRoles")
.OptionLabel("ACCOUNT TYPE")
.HtmlAttributes(new { #class = "ddlRoles" })
.BindTo((IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.ApplicationRoles)
)
ToolTip
#(Html.Kendo().Tooltip()
.For("#help-tooltip")
.Position(TooltipPosition.Top)
.Content("Hello")
)
The content "Hello" I want it to base it on the item selected on ddlRoles
#(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("ddlRoles")
.OptionLabel("ACCOUNT TYPE")
.HtmlAttributes(new { #class = "ddlRoles text-danger" })
.BindTo((IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewBag.ApplicationRoles)
)
)
Then the Tooltip
#(Html.Kendo().Tooltip()
.For("#ddlRoles").
.Position(TooltipPosition.Top)
.Events(events => events.Show("onHoverShowToolTip"))
)
when the tooltip is shown, call a javascript function
function onHoverShowToolTip() {
loadToolTipContent();
}
function loadToolTipContent() {
//this call getToolTipContent();
$("#the name of the generated tooptip").data("kendoTooltip").options.content = getToolTipContent();
$("#the name of the generated tooptip").data("kendoTooltip").refresh();
}
function getToolTipContent() {
var role = selectedRole();
var result = "THE CONTENT THAT YOU WANT";
return result;
}

Kendo().ComboBox() in a template - how to set SelectedIndex

Have a grid-template with a kendo combobox in:
<script id="templateSample" type="text/kendo-tmpl">
#*Active holds the selected value*#
# alert(Active) # //
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("ComboBoxSample")
.BindTo(new List<SelectListItem>()
{
new SelectListItem()
{
Value = "true",
Text = "Yes",
Selected = false,
},
new SelectListItem()
{
Value = "false",
Text = "No",
Selected = false,
}
})
.DataTextField("Text")
.DataValueField("Value")
.SelectedIndex(1)
.ToClientTemplate()
)
</script>
The template appears whenever a row is expanded (see http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/grid/hierarchy).
I can't figure out how to set selected index with the item currently selected.
To set selected item, I can chose to use SelectListItem.Selected or Combobox.SelectedItem, but how to set a value from the item currently showing in the template ??
Thanks.
I have found a way to solve this problem using javascript.
Add an event to the grid:
.Events(e=>e.DetailInit("aftertemplateload"))
And the script:
function aftertemplateload(e) {
$("#ComboBoxSample" + e.data.Id).data("kendoComboBox").value(e.data.Active);
}
and remember to add the new id to the combobox:
#(Html.Kendo().ComboBox()
.Name("ComboBoxSample#=Id#")
.BindTo(new List<SelectListItem>()
{ etc...

Kendo UI DropDownList as Multi Select with CheckBox

I'm Using Kendo UI MVC wrapper. I need a DropDownList with checkbox for each item to allow me select multiple of items.
I found this jsfiddle doing what I want to achieve, but it is not with MVC wrapper.Would you please show how I can implement the same thing with MVC wrapper?
#(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("StructureCompany")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:180px" })
.OptionLabel("-- Select --")
.DataTextField("Title")
.DataValueField("Id")
.DataSource(source =>
{
source.Read(read =>
{
read.Action("GetCascadeCompany", "Company");
});
}))
Here's a way you can do it:
View
#(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("StructureCompany")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:180px" })
.DataTextField("Title")
.DataValueField("Id")
.Template("<input type='checkbox' name='cb' value='#:data.Title#' /> #:data.Title#")
.Events(e => e.Select("onSelect"))
.DataSource(source =>
{
source.Read(read =>
{
read.Action("GetCascadeCompany", "Company");
});
}))
I removed your OptionLabelbecause it doesn't flow well with this style. But I found an alternative as you will see below
Script
//This extendes the base Widget class
(function ($) {
var MultiSelectBox = window.kendo.ui.DropDownList.extend({
_select: function (li) { },//Prevents highlighting
_blur: function () { },//Prevents auto close
});
window.kendo.ui.plugin(MultiSelectBox);
})(jQuery);
//Sets up your optional label
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#StructureCompany").data("kendoDropDownList").text("-- Select --");
})
//Does all the functionality
function onSelect(e) {
var dataItem = this.dataItem(e.item);
var ddl = $("#StructureCompany").data("kendoDropDownList");
var cbs = document.getElementsByName("cb");
var display;
var list = [];
for (var i = 0; i < cbs.length; i++) {
if (cbs[i].checked) {
list.push(cbs[i].value);
}
}
if (list.length == 0) {
display = "-- Select --";
}
else {
display = list.join(", ");
}
ddl.text(display);
}
Here is the tricky part, I'm not a real connoisseur when it comes to javascript so forgive my terminology if it is wrong. The first blob where you have the new scope function allows you to inherit from the kendo.ui namespace so that you are able to change the base level stuff. Such as the auto close and highlighting functionality
That next blob is just my alternative to having your 'OptionLabel'(you can do it however you want)
The last part is the selection which as you can see just creates a comma value then shoves it in as the display in the drop down list via 'ddl.text()' method. You can do this however you want. Hope this helps!

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