How to insert drop down list box in a Telerik grid

Question

I have a Telerik Grid, with two columns I need to keep second column as drop-down list box with in the grid, I am using ASP.NET MVC control

Can any body tell me how to do this?

Answer 1

I need to do that for my project. Here is how I did it:

columns.Bound(o => o.Role).ClientTemplate(
                Html.Telerik().DropDownList()
                    .Name("RoleList<#= UserID #>")
                    .BindTo(new SelectList(UserController.GetRoles()))
                    .ToHtmlString()
            );

The static method GetRoles returns a simple IEnumerable of String. You still can return a custom object by using a different SelectList constructor to specify Value and Text property of your custom object.

new SelectList(UserController.GetCustomRoles(), "RoleID", "ShortName")

Answer 2

You can set the template of the column to embed arbitrary HTML. If using Ajax binding - try the client template. The following online examples will be helpful:

1. Server templates
2. Client templates