Multi-Select with editorType:"ComboBoxItem" has first item selected

[shresthg_des]

Be sure your post includes:

1. Smartclient version v9.1p_2014-08-08/Pro Deployment (built 2014-08-08)

2. Browsers tested on Chrome 37.0.2062.103 m
3. Following link will take you the smartclient multi-select example http://www.smartclient.com/docs/9.1/a/system/reference/SmartClient_Explorer.html#multiSelect

modify the code as shown below
Sample code -

 {
editorType:"ComboBoxItem" ,          
 type:"select",
            title:"Select Multiple (PickList)",
            multiple:true,
            multipleAppearance:"picklist",
            valueMap: [ "Cat", "Dog", "Giraffe", "Goat", "Marmoset", "Mouse" ]
        }

click "Try it"

Open the first combo-box item to notice that the Cat is selected and checkbox is check marked.

Not sure if the design intent - if it is is there a workaround?

Thanks

[Isomorphic]

These are nonsense settings - you can use multiple:true with SelectItem, but for a multi-select comboBox, you need MultiComboBoxItem.

[shresthg_des]

Thanks for the quick response - our intent here is to have a behavior similar to the multi-select example. But we are running into an issue when we use editorType as "SelectItem" instead of "ComboBoxItem" (which is by the way reproducible in multi-select example as well) -

When the dropdown list for a selectItem is open - it has traits of a dialog which can be hidden if the clicked anywhere outside the dialog. In other words, I am not able to click on any other component on the page until and unless the dropdown is not closed.

Please let me know if any further explanation is needed.

Thanks

[Isomorphic]

Blocking the click that closes the dropdown is a common behavior seen with drop-down controls in many applications. Right now, there is no setting to allow the click to be processed normally, but if that's critical for you, consider Feature Sponsorship.