RadDropDownList

Hello,

The RadDropDownList will always show the first item, unless you speciifically set it to something else. In my view, it's not normal winforms practice to provide a blank entry as the first item that the user can deselect, and then go back to again. If you really need to have a default item, then this should be added to the datasource.

I hope this helps but let me know if you need more help.
Richard

Hello Richard,

I disagree with your input, the Rad dropdown if i manually bind it using a datatable then it displays the first record, but if i am using dataset on the form itself and not code behind then it populates the rad dropdown leaving an empty selection at top.

thanks

Mehdi

Hello,

If you must have a default option, then you can use the following after binding the data


hope that helps
richard

Hello, 

Did this help? If so, please mark as answer so others can find the solution too. 
Thanks
Richard

Richard Slade Thanks it worked for me
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glad that worked for yuo. Please remember to mark as answer,
Richard

Hi Mehdi Mirza, I am glad to hear that Richard's solution works for you. By default the first record is selected when using data-bound RadListControl or RadDropDownList and this desired behavior causes the issue. 

Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to write back.

Kind regards, Peter
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I notice that the SelectedIndexChanged event of the radDropDownList is also fired when I call the Clear() method.

How can I know if the SelectedIndexChanged was fired from Clear() and not from a user selecting another listitem so I can condition my event code on it?

I can answer this question myself, but I don't like my solution: when coming from Clear() the radDropDownListWorkfolders:Items:Count is equal to 0. But that's not really clean, is it?

Hello Bruno,

Another way might be to not fire the event when you clear the items by removing and re-adding the event handler before and after the clear().
Hope that helps
Richard

Hello,

Yes, it is a desired behavior, because Items.Clear removes all items, hence there are no selected items. As a result, the SelectedIndexChanged should be fired.

You can also put Items.Clear in BeginUpdate/EndUpdate block.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

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Hello,   

I would like to note that this forum is related to the Telerik UI for WinForms product. However, your post seems to be more related to mobile development. Feel free to post in the relevant forum: https://www.telerik.com/forums

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,
Dess
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