Best Ways to Bind Complex DDL Using Kendo Angular2 [How To]

“How to Bind to Arrays of Complex Data in DropDownList using Angular 2”?

The “Kendo UI Angular 2 DropDownList” is a form component and used binds the data list and chooses a single predefined value as per you from a dropdown list.

When we use complex objects to bind DropDownList, In that case we will need to define properties (text-field and value-field). Also it will extract the text and value’s values from the selected DDL item. This process will set the selected DDL’s text and value.

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Example as,

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <div class="example-wrapper">
      <p>Select Item:</p>
        <kendo-dropdownlist
            [data]="listItems"
            [textField]="'text'"
            [valueField]="'value'"
        >
    </kendo-dropdownlist>
    </div>
  `
})
class AppComponent {
    public listItems: Array<{ text: string, value: number }> = [
        { text: "1001-Item 1", value: 1 },
        { text: "1002-Item 2", value: 2 },
        { text: "1003-Item 3", value: 3 },
        {text: "1004-Item 4", value: 4 }
    ];
}

References,

http://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/components/dropdowns/dropdownlist/

http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/third-party/angular2

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