how to check the combobox has a particular value

[vraj]

How to check whether a particular text is in the combobox or not?

[gslender]

Do you mean selection? ie ComboBox.getSelection();

[reliagility]

I'm having a similar problem.
So, I have an editable ComboBox. If the user types in a value, how can I get that text? getSelection returns null because nothing in the dropdown area is selected.

I'm using GXT 1.0.4, and am in the process of buying a commercial license.

-Mike

[gslender]

what does getValue() return?

[reliagility]

In this case, .getValue() returns null - looks like getValue is using the store, even for an editable combo box with nothing selected (see below, from ComboBox.java):

  @Override
  public D getValue() {
    if (store != null) {
      getPropertyEditor().setList(store.getModels());
    }
    return super.getValue();
  }

maybe there needs to be some checking of the "editable" flag? - not sure exactly how to do this, but, in this case, the user-entered value would not be in the store....



-Mike

[reliagility]

But, getRawValue() does work. So, there's a workaround! Yea!

Thanks,

-Mike

[vraj]

I wrote a findMatch to check whether a value exists in Combobox

findMatch: function(prop, value){
var match = false;
if(this.store.getCount() > 0){
this.store.each(function(r){
if(r.data[prop] == value){
match = true;
}
});
}
return match;
}