Set Text property

[han swurst]

Hello Syncfusion,

is it somehow possible to write some initial text to multicolumncombobox which is not part of the data in the bound table so that the text is shown before someone click on it?

I mean something like "Please select something" then you click on it and then the data columns appear.
best regards

Chris

[Mahalakshmi Sugumar]

Hi Chris,

If you set the SelectedItem property to null after the DisplayMember property, you can set the default text using Text property. Please refer to the below code to set the initial text in MulticolumnComboBox,

Code:

   this.multiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember = "FirstName";

    this.multiColumnComboBox1.SelectedItem = null;

    this.multiColumnComboBox1.Text = "Select a Item";

Regards,
Mahalakshmi Sugumar

[han swurst]

Hello Syncfusion,

thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately your advice is not working.
I setup a test-button an put the following into the click event:

Me.multiColumnComboBox1.DisplayMember = "FirstName"
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.SelectedItem = Nothing
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.Text = "nothing to see here"

This is the Result:

The text field gets emptied, but my text doesnt show up.

Can you please provide me an working example? Prefered VB over C#

best regards

Chris

[Mahalakshmi Sugumar]

Hi Chris,

Please refer to the attached sample below for your requirement.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance.


Regards,
Mahalakshmi sugumar

Attachment: Combobox_sample_ffbf1114.zip

[han swurst]

Hello syncfusion

thank you for the example.

It works fine until you set the dropdownstyle of the multicolumncombobox to .dropdownlist

It now display nothing instead of "Select a Item". Is this a bug ? If not, how can i display a text if dropdownstyle set to .dropdownlist?

best regards

Chris

[Mahalakshmi Sugumar]

Hi crhris,

Currently, we are validating your reported query of “cannot display the water mark text in multicolumncombobox ”. We will validate and update you with the details by 20th May 2022.

Regards,
Mahalakshmi sugumar

[Mahalakshmi Sugumar]

Hi Han swurst,

Thanks for confirming the requirement.

We have considered your requirement “To provide Cannot set the watermark to multicolumncombobox as a feature request. We will implement this feature in any of our upcoming releases.

You can track the status of this feature using the following feedback link:    
Feedback link:  https://www.syncfusion.com/feedback/35068/cannot-set-the-watermark-to-multicolumncombobox 

  

If you have any more specification replication procedure or a scenario to be tested, you can add it as a comment in the portal.   

Regards,

Mahalakshmi sugumar

[han swurst]

Hi support,

thank you for keeping me informed.

best regards

Chris