A user interface widget that allows the user to select one or multiple of a set of values. The list of possible selections is only shown (dropped-down) after the users clicks the widget. This interface is also known as drop-down list or a drop-down menu.
Questions tagged [dropdownbox]
528 questions
57
votes
4 answers
@Html.DropDownListFor how to set default value
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Status, new List
{ new SelectListItem{Text="Active", Value="True"},
new SelectListItem{Text="Deactive", Value="False"}})
In view I am using this drop dowenlist coding. I run my…

satheeshkumar
- 755
- 2
- 6
- 10
37
votes
8 answers
How to Get Dropdown's Selected Item's text in Kendo UI?
I am using Kendo UI Controls. I want to get the selected text of the dropdown list in jquery. I have used this syntax :
$("#ddl").data("kendoDropDownList").text();
I am able to get the text in all browsers except IE. I don't know why this is not…

Ram Singh
- 6,664
- 35
- 100
- 166
31
votes
5 answers
asp.net dropdownlist - add blank line before db values
On my page I have a DropDownList which I populate with database values from an SqlDataSource (see code below).
How can I add my own text or a blank line before the values?

thegunner
- 6,883
- 30
- 94
- 143
26
votes
2 answers
bootstrap-select with custom buttons & add new values on the fly
i needed to use a dropdown list that could do that functionality:
dynamically fetches and loads values from the database
has an embeded search box
has 2 custom buttons on each Li, one for delete and one for edit.
the search field, if the searched…

Theo Itzaris
- 4,321
- 3
- 37
- 68
25
votes
6 answers
Single Dropdown with search box in it
I want to add search box to a single select drop down option.
Code:
20
votes
9 answers
How to change empty_label for modelForm choice field?
I have a field in one of my models like the following:
PAYROLL_CHOICES = (
('C1', 'Choice1'),
('C2', 'Choice2')
etc.....
)
payrollProvider = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=PAYROLL_CHOICES)
When I create a model form for this…

CQP
- 937
- 2
- 11
- 17
19
votes
8 answers
Display multiple columns in Select2
I'm using select2 and I'd like to show a multicolum table as a drop down, so I need the width of the drop down container to have a different (larger) width than the input itself
Is it possible to do that?
moreover I'd like to show a table with…

opensas
- 60,462
- 79
- 252
- 386
16
votes
3 answers
How to create a drop down view like Google Calendar using Toolbar?
I am trying to create something similar to Google Calendar drop down month widget.
Any help would be really appreciated.
So far I have an idea that I need to use Toolbar with expandable animation but not sure that's the right direction to move…

Varundroid
- 9,135
- 14
- 63
- 93
14
votes
4 answers
How to change the BackColor of a ComboBox when DropdownStyle is DropDownList?
I'm trying to change the dispaly color of a ComboBox when the DropdownStyle property is DropdownList. When the property is changed to Dropdown from DropdownList the color changes.
How can I control the view color of the dropdown boxes ?
Thanks

Gowtham Ramamoorthy
- 896
- 4
- 15
- 36
13
votes
1 answer
Django 'TestForm' object has no attribute 'fields'
I'm using django:
I'm trying to pass a list of tuples from views.py to a dropdown box form but I get this attribute error
forms.py
import logging
from django import forms …

Jalcock501
- 389
- 2
- 6
- 18
12
votes
5 answers
What is the correct way to read select2 version 4 dropdown selected text?
I am trying to figure out the correct way to read the current selected text (not value) in select2 dropdown item. I don't see this listed on the documentation.
I can see there is a new DOM element that is the ID of the original select dropdown with…

leora
- 188,729
- 360
- 878
- 1,366
12
votes
5 answers
Android Spinner dropDownHorizontalOffset not functioning but dropDownVerticleOffest is
I have been diving into the world of Android Spinner controls recently and ran into a small issue. I need to align the left side of the drop down with the very far left of the main spinner control. I have tried using dropDownHorizontalOffset to…

user3261293
- 161
- 1
- 6
8
votes
3 answers
check if a values has been selected from dropdown in c#
I have 3 dropdown boxes (combo box) in asp.net environment.
They are all optional, so if a user has selected anything, i am updating database, if nothing has been selected at all, i am still updating database with null values.
I tried to do this:
…

iamserious
- 5,385
- 12
- 41
- 60
7
votes
2 answers
Materialize multiple-select boxes
My understanding is that Materialize doesn't support styled multiple-select boxes - you have to specify browser-default and not use Materialize styling. (correct me if I'm wrong)
So I've tried to make an equivalent with Materialize dropdown with…

Toby 1 Kenobi
- 4,717
- 2
- 29
- 43
5
votes
2 answers
Bootstrap-select,angularjs dropdown not working
I have this issue and hope to get some advice on how to fix it.
I've moved part of my html page into a partial view and loading it through ng-view
the problem now is that the dropdown-select doens't work anymore,I managed to get the style back but…

cpu2007
- 905
- 4
- 11
- 24