Thanks for reply.

there is  1 more problem.

if dropdown has 2 value for example:

ABC1 and  ABC 2

and we select dropdown.currentvalue ="ABC 2";

then it shows as selected in view and its highlighted.

but if we try to access dropdown.selecteditem then it shows me selecteditem as null,

while it should auto set selectitem in dropdown, if we set existing text in dropdown.

Is there a way to do this?

I suspect this is a bug since the additional encoding is not mentioned in the documentation:

ms-help://NetAdvantage_ASPNET121/Web_ASPNET121/WebElements/Infragistics4.Web.v12.1~Infragistics.Web.UI.ListControls.WebDropDown~CurrentValue.html

Also, it breaks existing code, for example:

http://help.infragistics.com/Help/NetAdvantage/ASPNET/2010.1/CLR3.5/html/WebDropDown_Lazy_Loading.html

Please clarify if this is a defect or not, and if it will be corrected in upcoming releases.

Hi Mypost,

If you need any further assistance on the matter please do not hesitate to ask.

Hello Mypost,

The CurrentValue property only gets/sets the value of the input box of the control. It is not associated with any item from the DropDownItems collection, so that's why you are getting null for SelectedItem.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Thanks for reply.

sorry for that.

if we set dropdown value from code behind when page load first time.

("dropdown.currentvalue ="ABC 2")

and then user do not change value of fropdown from aspx page and then click on any butoon

for axample save button, then if we try to access dropdwn.selecteitem then selecteditem is null.

why?

Hi Mypost, 

I'm sorry I couldn't understand the question. Could you please clarify what do you mean by selecting "dropdown.currentvalue ="ABC 2";" and how exactly do you access the selected item - in response to event or otherwise? It would also be helpful if you could share the markup of your WebDropDown.

Thank you.