JavaScript/jQuery DropDownBox Options

Default Value: false

accessKey

Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the widget.

Type:

Default Value: null

The value of this option will be passed to the accesskey attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

activeStateEnabled

Specifies whether or not the widget changes its state when interacting with a user.

Type:

Default Value: true

This option is used when the widget is displayed on a platform whose guidelines include the active state change for widgets.

contentTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the drop-down content.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Name

Type

Description

component

The widget's instance.

value

any

The currently selected value.

Default Name: null

View Demo

dataSource

A data source used to fetch data the widget should display.

Type:

|

Array<any>

|

DataSource

|

DataSource Configuration

Default Value: null

This option accepts one of the following:

Array
A JavaScript array that contains string, numeric, Boolean values, or plain objects.
URL
The URL of a JSON file or service that returns JSON data.
DataSource or its configuration object
The DataSource is an object that provides an API for data processing. The DataSource's underlying data access logic is isolated in a store. Refer to the Data Layer and DataSource Examples guides for more information about the DataSource.

If the data source contains objects, specify the key in the store and/or a data field providing values in the widget.

NOTE

Data field names should not contain the following characters: ., ,, :, [, and ]. Their presence may cause issues in the widget's operation.

If the data source is specified using the dataSource option, use the items option only for reading. Updating data items using the items option may cause unexpected results.

deferRendering

Specifies whether to render the drop-down field's content when it is displayed. If false, the content is rendered immediately.

Type:

Default Value: true

disabled

Specifies whether the widget responds to user interaction.

Type:

Default Value: false

displayExpr

Specifies the name of the data source item field whose value is displayed by the widget.

Type:

|

Default Value: undefined

If the data source item is a simple object holding a value (string, numeric, Boolean, etc.), assign "this" to the displayExpr option. If the item is a plain object item, assign the required field name or path to the option.

dropDownButtonTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the drop-down button.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Name	Type	Description
text	String	The button's text.
icon	String	The button's icon.

Name

Type

Description

text

The button's text.

icon

The button's icon.

Default Name: 'dropDownButton'

dropDownOptions

Configures the drop-down field which holds the content.

Type:

Popup Configuration

Default Value: {}

See Popup Configuration for options that you can specify in this object.

NOTE

The fields of a configuration object passed to this option do not support two-way binding in Angular, AngularJS, and Knockout and event bindings in Angular.

elementAttr

Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.

Type:

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#dropDownBoxContainer").dxDropDownBox({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-drop-down-box ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-drop-down-box>

import { DxDropDownBoxModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDropDownBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})

ASP.NET MVC Control

Razor C#

Razor VB

@(Html.DevExtreme().DropDownBox()
    .ElementAttr("class", "class-name")
    // ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(new {
        @id = "elementId",
        @class = "class-name"
    })
    // ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(new Dictionary<string, object>() {
        { "id", "elementId" },
        { "class", "class-name" }
    })

)

@(Html.DevExtreme().DropDownBox() _
    .ElementAttr("class", "class-name")
    ' ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(New With {
        .id = "elementId",
        .class = "class-name"
    })
    ' ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(New Dictionary(Of String, Object) From {
        { "id", "elementId" },
        { "class", "class-name" }
    })
)

fieldTemplate

Specifies a custom template for the text field. Must contain the TextBox widget.

Type:

template

Template Data:

Selected values.

Default Name: null

In the following code, the fieldTemplate is used to stylize the text field with a custom CSS class:

jQuery

JavaScript

CSS

$(function () {
    $("dropDownBoxContainer").dxDropDownBox({
        // ...
        fieldTemplate: function (value, fieldElement) {
            var result = $("<div class='custom-item'>");
            result
                .dxTextBox({
                    value: value,
                    readOnly: true 
                });
            fieldElement.append(result);
        }
    });
});

.custom-item {
    font-size: 16px;
}

Angular

HTML

CSS

<dx-drop-down-box ...
    fieldTemplate="field">
    <div *dxTemplate="let data of 'field'">
        <div class="custom-item">
            <dx-text-box 
                [value]="data" 
                [readOnly]="true"
            ></dx-text-box>
        </div>
    </div>
</dx-drop-down-box>

.custom-item {
    font-size: 16px;
}

AngularJS

HTML

CSS

<div dx-drop-down-box="{
    ...
    fieldTemplate: 'field'
}" dx-item-alias="data">
    <div data-options="dxTemplate: { name: 'field' }">
        <div class="custom-item">
            <div dx-text-box="{ value: data, readOnly: true }"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

.custom-item {
    font-size: 16px;
}

Knockout

HTML

CSS

<div data-bind="dxDropDownBox: {
    ...
    fieldTemplate: 'field'
}">
    <div data-options="dxTemplate: { name: 'field' }">
        <div class="custom-item">
            <div data-bind="dxTextBox: { value: $data, readOnly: true }"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

.custom-item {
    font-size: 16px;
}

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.

Type:

Default Value: true

height

Specifies the widget's height.

Type:

|

|

Return Value:

|

The widget's height.

Default Value: undefined

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "80%", "auto", "inherit".
Function
A function returning either of the above. For example:
JavaScript
```
height: function() {
    return window.innerHeight / 1.5;
}
```

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.

Type:

Default Value: undefined

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.

Type:

Default Value: true

inputAttr

Specifies the attributes to be passed on to the underlying HTML element.

Type:

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#dropDownBoxContainer").dxDropDownBox({
        // ...
        inputAttr: {
            id: "inputId"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-drop-down-box ...
    [inputAttr]="{ id: 'inputId' }">
</dx-drop-down-box>

import { DxDropDownBoxModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDropDownBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})

ASP.NET MVC Control

Razor C#

Razor VB

@(Html.DevExtreme().DropDownBox()
    .InputAttr("id", "inputId")
    // ===== or =====
    .InputAttr(new {
        @id = "inputId"
    })
    // ===== or =====
    .InputAttr(new Dictionary<string, object>() {
        { "id", "inputId" }
    })
)

@(Html.DevExtreme().DropDownBox() _
    .InputAttr("id", "inputId")
    ' ===== or =====
    .InputAttr(New With {
        .id = "inputId"
    })
    ' ===== or =====
    .InputAttr(New Dictionary(Of String, Object) From {
        { "id", "inputId" }
    })
)

isValid

Specifies whether the editor's value is valid.

Type:

Default Value: true

In Knockout apps, you may need to inform a user about an error that occurred during the validation of a view model field. For this purpose, set the editor's isValid option to the isValid value of the dxValidator that validates this field. To show an error message, set the editor's validationError option to the dxValidator's validationError value.

JavaScript

var editorValue = ko.observable("").extend({
    dxValidator: {
        validationRules: [{
            type: "required",
            message: "Specify this value"
        }]
    }
});
var viewModel = {
    editorOptions: {
        value: editorValue,
        isValid: editorValue.dxValidator.isValid,
        validationError: editorValue.dxValidator.validationError
    }
};

The editor's isValid and validationError options should also be specified when using a custom validation engine. In this instance, the validation result will be displayed for the editor by the means of the DevExtreme Validation UI.

items

An array of items displayed by the widget.

Type:

Array<any>

You can use the dataSource option instead. Unlike the items option, the dataSource option can take on the DataSource configuration object as well as a simple array.

NOTE

If you need to modify the data source specified using the items option at runtime, do it only with the help of the items option. Updating data items using the dataSource option may cause unexpected results.

name

The value to be assigned to the name attribute of the underlying HTML element.

Type:

Default Value: ''

Specify this option if the widget lies within an HTML form that will be submitted.

If you configure the widget as an ASP.NET MVC Control, use this option to bind the widget to a model property. If this model property contains Data Annotation validation attributes, you get the client-side validation enabled by default.

onChange

A function that is executed when the widget loses focus after the content has been changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onClosed

A function that is executed once the drop-down editor is closed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

The widget's instance.

element

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

onCopy

A function that is executed when the widget's input has been copied.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onCut

A function that is executed when the widget's input has been cut.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the widget is disposed of.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

The widget's instance.

element

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

The model data. Available only if you use Knockout.

Default Value: null

onEnterKey

A function that is executed when the Enter key has been pressed while the widget is focused.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onFocusIn

A function that is executed when the widget gets focus.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onFocusOut

A function that is executed when the widget loses focus.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onInitialized

A function that is executed only once, after the widget is initialized.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

The widget's instance.

element

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

You cannot access widget elements in this function because it is executed before they are ready.

onInput

A function that is executed each time the widget's input is changed while the widget is focused.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onKeyDown

A function that is executed when a user is pressing a key on the keyboard.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onKeyPress

A function that is executed when a user presses a key on the keyboard.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onKeyUp

A function that is executed when a user releases a key on the keyboard.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onOpened

A function that is executed once the drop-down editor is opened.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

The widget's instance.

element

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.

Default Value: null

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a widget option is changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
name	String	The option's short name.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if you use Knockout.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
fullName	String	The option's full name.
value	any	The option's new value.

Default Value: null

onPaste

A function that is executed when the widget's input has been pasted.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onValueChanged

A function that is executed after the widget's value is changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	DropDownBox	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if Knockout is used.
value	Object	The widget's new value.
previousValue	Object	The widget's previous value.
jQueryEvent	jQuery.Event	Use 'event' instead. The jQuery event that caused the handler execution. Deprecated in favor of the event field.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the handler execution. It is a dxEvent or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

opened

Specifies whether or not the drop-down editor is displayed.

Type:

Default Value: false

Raised Events: onOpened onClosed

placeholder

The text displayed by the widget when the widget value is empty.

Type:

Default Value: ''

readOnly

A Boolean value specifying whether or not the widget is read-only.

Type:

Default Value: false

rtlEnabled

Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.

Type:

Default Value: false

When this option is set to true, the widget text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.

JavaScript

DevExpress.config({
    rtlEnabled: true
});

showClearButton

Specifies whether to display the Clear button in the widget.

Type:

Default Value: false

The Clear button sets the widget value to null.

showDropDownButton

Specifies whether to show the drop-down button.

Type:

Default Value: true

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 0

The value of this option will be passed to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

text

The read-only option that holds the text displayed by the widget input element.

Type:

Read-only

validationError

Specifies information on the validation error when using a custom validation engine. Should be changed at runtime along with the isValid option.

Type:

Default Value: undefined

validationMessageMode

Specifies how the message about the validation rules that are not satisfied by this editor's value is displayed.

Type:

Default Value: 'auto'

Accepted Values: 'always' | 'auto'

The following option values are possible:

auto
The tooltip with the message is displayed when the editor is in focus.
always
The tooltip with the message is not hidden when the editor loses focus.

Use the ValidationMessageMode enum to specify this option when the widget is used as an ASP.NET MVC Control. This enum accepts the following values: Auto and Always.

value

Specifies the currently selected value. May be an object if dataSource contains objects and valueExpr is not set.

Type: any

Default Value: null

Raised Events: onValueChanged

valueChangeEvent

Specifies the DOM events after which the widget's value should be updated.

Type:

Default Value: 'change'

This option accepts a single event name or several names separated by spaces.

The recommended events are "keyup", "blur", "change", and "focusout", but you can use other events as well.

valueExpr

Specifies which data field provides the widget's value. When this option is not set, the value is the entire data object.

Type:

|

Default Value: 'this'

visible

Specifies whether the widget is visible.

Type: