Petar Ivanov"]

function WebDropDown1_InputKeyDown(sender, eventArgs)
{
    eventArgs.set_cancel(true);
}

Hi Ivanov,

Thanks for the comeback.. I tried with the above function but still i'm able to edit text in the WebDropDown..Below is my aspx markup and javascript function..

<ig:WebDropDown runat="server" ID="ddlCBT" EnableClosingDropDownOnSelect="false"
            EnablePaging="false" Width="200px" DropDownContainerHeight="200px" EnableMultipleSelection="true"
            MultipleSelectionType="Checkbox" NullText="-Please Select-" DisplayMode="DropDown" >
            <ClientEvents SelectionChanged="selectedIndexChanged" InputKeyDown="ddlCBT_InputKeyDown" />
             </ig:WebDropDown>

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
       function ddlCBT_InputKeyDown(sender, eventArgs)
       {
           eventArgs.set_cancel(true);
       }

</script>

kindly help me out, and even the dropdown is behaving like a TextBox

Hi pavanpuligandla,

Thank you for your reply.

In this scenario you may use the DropDown mode and disallow editing of the input field by cancelling the InputKeyDown clientside event. For instance:

function WebDropDown1_InputKeyDown(sender, eventArgs)
{
    eventArgs.set_cancel(true);
}

Please let me know if this helps.

Hi,

Thanks alot, It is working fine..I've figured it out at my end where i did wrong.One more issue is i should prevent users from editing the WebDropDown text, I came to know that to achieve this we need to set the property DisplayMode="DropDownList", But wehn i use this, I'm unable to set the CurrentValue as "Please Select" rather the ListItems that were bound from the DB are being selected.

How can i prevent this if i use DisplayMode="DropDownList" or there is any work around to prevent users from entering text in the DropDown if DisplayMode is in DropDown? Either will be fine..

Thanks

Hi pavanpuligandla,

Attached is a sample demonstrating both client and serverside approaches for clearing the selection of WebDropDown. The onchange event of an ASP dropdownlist can be handled (although it would not appear in VS properties) as the control is rendered as a <select> element.

Hope this helps.