How to get SelectItem from ListGridField ChangedEvent

[jay.l.fisher]

I have a ListGrid that includes a field which has an optionDataSource and is correctly displayed as a SelectItem. I have added a ChangedHandler to the field so that when it is changed I can get the selected record and make use of other values in the record. However, in the ChangedHandler when I do this ...

SelectItem sizeSelector = (SelectItem)event.getItem()

But this generates a class cast exception saying "TextItem cannot be cast to com.smartgwt.client.widgets.form.fields.SelectItem"

Why, if the field is visualized as a SelectItem, does the event.getItem() return a TextItem?

[sjivan]

This is a known limitation. Feel free to star the issue.

As a workaround you can do

SelectItem sizeSelector = new SelectItem(event.getItem().getJsObj());

Sanjiv

[jay.l.fisher]

Thanks as always for the quick response. I've starred the issue, but in the meantime the workaround works fine.