"great piece of software BUT functions the same as the Kendo UI
http://www.smartclient.com/#comboFilterRelated ['Item (Select):' field], once you have selected a value, no way to clear your selection which is what the issue is we are having with Kendo dropdown
Their multi-select on a dropdown, have to click the actual control (the little square box) instead of the name (e.g. dogs, cats, etc). Again, same issue we are having with the toolbar menu where we have to click the little down arrow key to popup the menu."
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no, that is incorrect. you need to think in a broader scope. they can't possibly provide examples of every permutation.
as I wrote, smartclient is the most fully featured and functioned component set.
you can set the control's properties such that selection can be effected by clicking a checkbox, clicking the item name, or both. it is completely flexible.
and if you want to allow there to be no selection, then you such set the property flag accordingly. and then you can set how 'no selection' can occur, either by the user selecting 'none' (or another string you define) in the dropdown 9per the example), or by the user deleting the current setting.
if you can think of it, smartclient can do it. I've been exploring it for a year. it is beyond reproach.
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and, the issues baskosi was describing are what my reply was directed towards. he wrote:
"Steps:
- select a value in a dropdown
- open dropdown again and search for another value
- press ESC
- dropdown closes but selects the value which was shown in it
- value for the dropdown changes even if the ESC was used to close the dropdown
This is crazy:
- Click outside the dropdown
- Value of the dropdown is changed to Chef[/i]"
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he is talking about the selection changing without the user actually making a selection. smartclient does not do either of the above emboldened.
