Enables/disables the jqxComboBox.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the disabled property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({ disabled: true }); 

Gets or sets the jqxComboBox width.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the width property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({ width: '250px', height: '250px' });

                        

Gets or sets the jqxComboBox height.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the height property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({ width: '250px', height: '250px' });

                        

Gets or sets the selected index.

Code example

Initialize a jqxComboBox with the selectedIndex property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({selectedIndex: 2 }); 

Gets or sets the item search mode. When the user types into the edit field, the jqxComboBox widget tries to find the searched item using the entered text and the selected search mode. Possible Values: 'none, 'contains', 'containsignorecase', 'equals', 'equalsignorecase', 'startswithignorecase', 'startswith', 'endswithignorecase', 'endswith'

Code example

Initialize a jqxComboBox with the searchMode property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({searchMode: 'contains' }); 

Gets or sets the whether the 'autocomplete' feature is enabled or disabled. When this feature is enabled, the jqxComboBox displays in the popup listbox, only the items that match the searched text.

Code example

Initialize a jqxComboBox with the autocomplete property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({autocomplete: true }); 

Gets or sets the items source.

Code example

Initialize a jqxComboBox with the source property specified.

var data = [

"Affogato",

"Americano",

"Bicerin"

];

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({source: data});

Binding using the jqx.dataAdapter(requires jqxdata.js):

// url of the data.

var url = "../sampledata/customers.txt";

var parentsLength = $("#jqxWidget").parents().length;

if (parentsLength > 3) {

    url = 'demos/sampledata/customers.txt';

}



// prepare the data. Set the datatype to 'json', 'xml', 'tsv', 'array', 'local' or 'csv.

var source =

{

    datatype: "json",

    datafields: [

        { name: 'CompanyName' },

        { name: 'ContactName' }

    ],

    id: 'id',

    url: url

};

// create a new instance of the jqx.dataAdapter.

var dataAdapter = new $.jqx.dataAdapter(source);



// Create a jqxListBox

$("#jqxWidget").jqxComboBox({ source: dataAdapter, displayMember: "ContactName", valueMember: "CompanyName", width: 200, height: 250, theme: theme });

Sets the displayMember of the Items. The displayMember specifies the name of an object property to display. The name is contained in the collection specified by the 'source' property.

Code example

Initialize a jqxListBox with the displayMember property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({displayMember: 'firstName'});

Sets the valueMember of the Items. The valueMember specifies the name of an object property to set as a 'value' of the list items. The name is contained in the collection specified by the 'source' property.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the valueMember property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({valueMember: 'lastName'});

Gets or sets the scrollbars size.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the scrollBarSize property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({scrollBarSize:25}); 

Enables/disables the hover state.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the enableHover property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({enableHover: false}); 

Enables/disables the selection.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the enableSelection property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({enableSelection:false}); 

Gets or sets whether the dropdown detects the browser window's bounds and automatically adjusts the dropdown's position.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the enableBrowserBoundsDetection property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({enableBrowserBoundsDetection: false}); 

Gets or sets whether the DropDown is automatically opened when the mouse cursor is moved over the widget.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the autoOpen property specified.

$("#combobox").jqxComboBox({ autoOpen: true });

                        

Sets the DropDown's alignment. Possible values: 'left' and 'right'.

Code example

$('#combobox').jqxComboBox({ dropDownHorizontalAlignment: 'right'}); 

Gets or sets the height of the jqxComboBox's ListBox displayed in the widget's DropDown.

Code example

Initialize a jqxComboBox with the dropDownHeight property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({dropDownHeight: 250}); 

Gets or sets the width of the jqxComboBox's ListBox displayed in the widget's DropDown.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the dropDownWidth property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({dropDownWidth: 250}); 

Gets or sets whether the height of the jqxComboBox's ListBox displayed in the widget's DropDown is calculated as a sum of the items heights.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the autoDropDownHeight property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({autoDropDownHeight: true}); 

Gets or sets the height of the jqxComboBox Items. When the itemHeight == - 1, each item's height is equal to its desired height.

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Initialize a jqxComboBox with the itemHeight property specified.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox({itemHeight: 25}); 

Callback function which is called when an item is rendered. By using the renderer function, you can customize the look of the list items.

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Set the renderer property

$('#combobox').jqxComboBox({renderer: function (index, label, value) {

        var datarecord = data[index];

        return datarecord.firstname + " " + datarecord.lastname;

    }

});

                        

Sets the delay of the 'open' animation.

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Set the openDelay property

$('#combobox').jqxComboBox({openDelay: 200});

                        

Sets the delay of the 'close' animation.

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Set the closeDelay property

$('#combobox').jqxComboBox({closeDelay: 200});

                        

Sets the type of the animation. Possible values: 'fade', 'slide' and 'none'.

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Set the animationType property

$('#combobox').jqxComboBox({animationType: 'none'});

                        

This event is triggered when the user selects an item.

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Bind to the select event by type: jqxComboBox.

$('#jqxComboBox').bind('select', function (event) { // Some code here. });

                        

This event is triggered when the user unselects an item.

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Bind to the unselect event by type: jqxComboBox.

$('#jqxComboBox').bind('unselect', function (event) { // Some code here. });

                        

This event is triggered when the user selects an item.

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Bind to the change by type: jqxComboBox.

$('#jqxComboBox').bind('change', function (event) { // Some code here. });

                        

This event is triggered when the popup ListBox is opened.

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Bind to the open by type: jqxComboBox.

$('#jqxComboBox').bind('open', function (event) { // Some code here. }); 

This event is triggered when the popup ListBox is closed.

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Bind to the close by type: jqxComboBox.

$('#jqxComboBox').bind('close', function (event) { // Some code here. });

                        

Adds a new item to the jqxComboBox. Returns 'true', if the new item is added or false if the item is not added.

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Invoke the addItem method.

// @param String

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('addItem', 'jQuery' ); 

Inserts a new item to the jqxComboBox.

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Invoke the insertAt method.

// @param String

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('insertAt', 'jQuery', 1 ); 

Removes an item from the jqxComboBox. Index is a number of the item to remove

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Invoke the removeAt method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('removeAt', 3 ); 

Disables an item by index. Index is a number.

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Invoke the disableAt method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('disableAt', 8 ); 

Enables a disabled item by index. Index is a number.

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Invoke the enableAt method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('enableAt', 3 ); 

Ensures that an item is visible. index is number. When necessary, the jqxComboBox scrolls to the item to make it visible.

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Invoke the ensureVisible method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('ensureVisible', 2 ); 

Gets item by index.

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Invoke the getItem method.

// @param Number

var item = $("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('getItem', 1 ); 

Gets all items.

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Invoke the getItems method.

var items = $("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('getItems'); 

Gets the selected item.

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Invoke the getSelectedItem method.

// @param Number

var item = $("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('getSelectedItem'); 

Gets the index of the selected item.

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Invoke the getSelectedIndex method.

// @param Number

var index = $("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('getSelectedIndex'); 

Selects an item by index.

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Invoke the selectIndex method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('selectIndex', 0 ); 

Unselects item by index.

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Invoke the unselectIndex method.

// @param Number

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('unselectIndex', 5 ); 

Clears all selected items.

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Invoke the clearSelection method.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('clearSelection'); 

Clears all items.

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Invoke the clear method.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('clear'); 

Hides the popup listbox.

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Invoke the close method.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox("close" ); 

Shows the popup listbox.

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Invoke the open method.

$("#jqxComboBox").jqxComboBox('open' ); 

Loads list items from a 'select' tag.

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Invoke the 'loadFromSelect' method.

$("#combobox").jqxComboBox('loadFromSelect', 'select');

'select' is the id of a select tag. Code Example:

   <select style='height: 25px; width: 200px; margin-left: 30px;' id='select'>
                    <option>Affogato</option>
                    <option>Americano</option>
                    <option>Bicerin</option>
                    <option>Breve</option>
                    <option>Café Bombón</option>
                    <option>Caffé Corretto</option>
                    <option>Café Crema</option>
                    <option>Caffé Latte</option>
                    <option>Caffé macchiato</option>
                    <option>Café mélange</option>
                    <option>Coffee milk</option>
                    <option>Cafe mocha</option>
                    <option>Cappuccino</option>
                    <option>Carajillo</option>
                    <option>Cuban espresso</option>
                    <option>Espresso</option>
                    <option>The Flat White</option>
                    <option>Frappuccino</option>
                    <option>Galao</option>
                    <option>Greek frappé coffee</option>
                    <option>Iced Coffee</option>
                    <option>Indian filter coffee</option>
                    <option>Instant coffee</option>
                    <option>Irish coffee</option>
                    <option>Liqueur coffee</option>
                </select>