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Royi Namir
Royi Namir

Reputation: 148514

Adding attribute to DropDownList in DataBound event?

I have a dropdownlist which i'm binding to DataTable.

  ddlItems.DataSource = dt;
  ddlItems.DataBind();

in the final html I have : 

...
<option value="-1">aaa</option>
<option value="-2">bbb</option>
...

But I want to catch the bind event in the DataBound event and to add an attribute to each listItem , so that the Final Html will be : 

 ...
    <option value="-1" MyAttr="lalala1" >aaa</option>
    <option value="-2" MyAttr="lalala2" >bbb</option>
    ...

But the signiture of the databound event is : 

  protected void ddlItemsDataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)

and e has only :

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How can i catch the specific bounded listItem ?

p.s.

I do NOT want to cancel the databound event , and to use regular loop (adding lisItems in a loop)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7467

Answers (2)

Brian Mains
Brian Mains

Reputation: 50728

What you want is something similar to GridView.RowDataBound, which doesn't exist for the DropDownList. What you need to do is a foreach loop in the DataBound event, or you can add this feature by building your own custom DropDownList. The only problem with the latter option is Microsoft doesn't always expose the methods you need to override... so I can't advise how easy or hard it would be to do what you want.

Upvotes: 1

rick schott
rick schott

Reputation: 20617

DropDownList.DataBound event fires after DropDownList.DataBind() is called for the entire DropDownList.

DropDownList.Items are a ListItemCollection that have no events.

You will have to manually loop through the DropDownList.Items collection again or manually build the ListItemCollection and add it then.

NOTE: An alternative that you probably won't like is to extend DropDownList and ListItemCollection and add the events you want.

Upvotes: 3

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