Replace Kendo default dropdownlist template by custom image? - drop-down-menu

Question

What I want to do is when i click on my image, i want the kendo dorpdownlist to propose me some options. Is it possible ?
I tried to replace the defautl template of dropdownlist with CSS without success.
Here i try simply to replace the default black arrow of the dropdownlist, with no success.
SOURCE : http://docs.kendoui.com/getting-started/web/appearance-styling?x=54&y=12
-----------------------------HTML
<select id="customList" class="k-widget k-dropdown"></select>
-----------------------------Javascript
$("#customList").kendoDropDownList().data("kendoDropDownList");
-----------------------------CSS
#customList .k-icon .k-i-arrow-s
{
background-image:url('../../resources/img/components/addtab.png');
}
But what i really want to achieve is to replace completely the default template of the kendo dropdownlist and to have instead my image.

Answer 1

There are a couple of question to keep in mind:
The HTML element that contains the arrow is not a descendant of customList but descendant of a sibling. This is because KendoUI decorates original elements with others.
You are only re-defining background-image but you there is two additional CSS attributes that you need to redefine: background-position and background-size since it is defined in Kendo UI CSS files for offsetting k-i-arrow-s icon.
So, you should either do:
span.k-icon.k-i-arrow-s {
background-image:url('../../resources/img/components/addtab.png');
background-size: 16px 16px;
background-position: 0 0;
}
if you are ok with redefining every additional elements OR you do it programmatically defining a CSS:
.ob-style {
background-image:url('../../resources/img/components/addtab.png');
background-size: 16px 16px;
background-position: 0 0;
}
and a JavaScript:
var list = $("#customList").kendoDropDownList({...}).data("kendoDropDownList");
$(list.wrapper).find(".k-icon.k-i-arrow-s").addClass("ob-style");