SelectBox list control may contain text with images in a single item. It is possible to filter elements using filter text field. It is also possible to display tip with additional information for each item.

Control supports AJAX behavior: partially items loading and fast items uploading for large items collections. 

 

Features:

• XHTML 1.1 compliance
• Section 508 compliance
• Complete ASP.NET AJAX  support
• AJAX behavior
• Full Visual Studio design-time support
• Appearance customization
• Sorting
• Partially loading items from control's items collection.
• Tips with additional description for each item
• Flexible binding mechanism
• Rich Client-side API
• This component works with Internet Explorer, Opera and FireFox.
• Declarative data sources support

 

Default SelectBox view sample:

 

After setting appearance properties and defining ItemTemplate property control looks:

 

ItemTemplate property allows user to define any appearance for the items in the list.

ItemTemplate sample code:

<al:SelectBox ID="listCountries" runat="server" Height="250px" ForeColor="Gray" MultiSelect="true" SelectedBackColor="LightSteelBlue" SelectedBorderColor="Navy" SelectedForeColor="Black" SelectedStyleFont-Bold="True" BorderColor="Gray">

<Items>.....</Items>

<ItemTemplate>

    <table style="height:100; width;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

        <tr>

            <td width="20" align="center"><img src="images/arrow.gif" border="0" /></td>

            <td title="<%# Container.Value %>"><%# Container.Text %></td>

        </tr>

    </table>

</ItemTemplate>

</al:SelectBox>

 

ItemTemplate object properties description: 

Property	Description
Text	Represents the item's text
Value	Represents the item's value
ToolTip	Represents the item's tooltip
Description	Represents the item's description
Image	Represents the item's image
Selected	Represents the item's selected state

Declarative DataSource 

You can use declarative DataSource to populate your instance of SelectBox.

Select needed DataSource in the DataSourceID property. 

 

Also set next properties:

DataTextField - for Text property of the item.

DataValueField - for Value property of the item.

DataSelectedField - for Selected property of the item.

DataDescriptionField - for Description property of the item.

DataToolTipField - for Tooltip property of the item.

Client-side API: Client API

Overview: Overview

 

 

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