user793468
user793468

Reputation: 4976

how to enable telerik dropdownlist

I have a telerik dropdownlist which is disables by default:

        <%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList().Name("YesNo").Enable(false)
        .Items(items => {
            items.Add().Text("").Value("");
            items.Add().Text("Yes").Value("Yes");
            items.Add().Text("No").Value("No");
                })%>                         

Now I want to enable it when someone selects "No" for another telerik dropdown:

        <%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList().Name("Validate")
        .Items(items => {
            items.Add().Text("").Value("");
            items.Add().Text("Yes").Value("Yes");
            items.Add().Text("No").Value("No");
                })            
        .ClientEvents(events =>
        {
            events.OnChange("Validate_OnChange");
        })%>      

So I tried this jquery method to enable, but its not enabling the ddl:

function Validate_OnChange(e) {

if($("#Validate").val() == "No"){
     $('#YesNo').attr('Enable',true);
    }
}

rendered mark up for Validate DDL:

<div class="t-widget t-dropdown t-header" style="width:249px;" tabindex="0">
<div class="t-dropdown-wrap t-state-default">
<span class="t-input">&nbsp;
</span>
<span class="t-select">
<span class="t-icon t-arrow-down">select
</span>
</span>
</div>
<input id="Validate" name="Validate" style="display:none" type="text">
</div>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2394

Answers (2)

Win
Win

Reputation: 62300

You could try with removeAttr.

function Validate_OnChange(e) {
   if($("#Validate").val() == "No"){ // Enable
      $("#YesNo").removeAttr("disabled");
   } else { // Disable
      $("#YesNo").attr("disabled", "disabled");
   }
}

Updated

<%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList().Name("YesNo").Enable(false)
    .Items(items => {
        items.Add().Text("").Value("");
        items.Add().Text("Yes").Value("Yes");
        items.Add().Text("No").Value("No");
            })%>
<%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList().Name("Validate")
    .Items(items => {
        items.Add().Text("").Value("");
        items.Add().Text("Yes").Value("Yes");
        items.Add().Text("No").Value("No");
            })            
    .ClientEvents(events =>
    {
        events.OnChange("Validate_OnChange");
    })%>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

    function Validate_OnChange(e) {
        if ($("#Validate").val() == "No") {
            $("#YesNo").data("tDropDownList").enable();
        }
        else {
            $("#YesNo").data("tDropDownList").disable();
        }
    }

</script>

Upvotes: 1

Arun Bertil
Arun Bertil

Reputation: 4648

Try using simple javascript

function Validate_OnChange(e) {
            var ddlValidate = $find('<%= Validate.ClientID %>');
            ddlValidate.disable();
}

Upvotes: 0

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