add new row to databound devexpress aspxlookup list?

shootermacg

Hi
I've recently inherited a web app that uses these controls. The bind to something called an datacontroller, but for the life of me I can't find a way to add a new "Please Select" row to the resulting dropdown list.

Any help would make my week!

slyph

shootermacg wrote: »

Hi
I've recently inherited a web app that uses these controls. The bind to something called an datacontroller, but for the life of me I can't find a way to add a new "Please Select" row to the resulting dropdown list.

Any help would make my week!

Go to the page markup and look for the id of the drop down list. Inside that tag, add the tag for a list item or w/e it is called - cant remember it right now. There is a property you can set to true so it is selected by default - again cant remember the name offhand but it should showup in the IDE.

shootermacg

Yeah, I would easily add one if it was an asp.net drop down list, problem is, you can't actually add items to this using the markup. I did find an unsatisfactory solution which is to add it using javascript in the init event.

It's not really the way I want to do it but I really can't find a way using the designer or the exposed properties of this control.

<dxwdc:ASPxLookup ID="ddlTest" runat="server" TabIndex="0">
            <EditorProperties>
                <ClientSideEvents>
                    <SelectedIndexChanged>

                    </SelectedIndexChanged>
                    <Init>
                        function(source,e){ ddlTest.Add("", ""); }
                    </Init>
                </ClientSideEvents>
            </EditorProperties>
        </dxwdc:ASPxLookup>