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ComboBoxItemCollection.Add(String, Object) Method

Adds an item to the combo box editor’s item collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor.Office

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public IBarComboBoxItem Add(
    string text,
    object value
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
text String

The item text.

value Object

The item value.

Returns

Type Description
IBarComboBoxItem

The combo box item.

Remarks

The following code snippet adds a custom combo box editor to the File group on the toolbar. The editor allows users to select an output file format for the document.

<DxRichEdit CustomizeToolbar=OnCustomizeToolbar BarMode=BarMode.Toolbar/>

@code {
    void OnCustomizeToolbar(IToolbar toolbar) {
        BarGroupCollection groups = toolbar.Groups;
        groups.Clear();
        AddFileCommonGroup(groups);
        // ...
    }

    void AddFileCommonGroup(BarGroupCollection groups) {
        IBarGroup fileCommonGroup = groups.Add(RichEditRibbonGroupNames.FileCommon);
        // ...

        // Adds a custom combo box
        IBarComboBox documentFormatComboBox = fileCommonGroup.Items.AddCustomComboBox(2,
            () => documentFormat,
            (value) => Task.FromResult(documentFormat = (DocumentFormat)value)
        );
        documentFormatComboBox.Items.Add("Word Document (*.docx)", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
        documentFormatComboBox.Items.Add("Rich Text Format (*.rtf)", DocumentFormat.Rtf);
        documentFormatComboBox.Items.Add("Plain Text (*.txt)", DocumentFormat.PlainText);
        documentFormatComboBox.AllowUserInput = false;
        documentFormatComboBox.CssClass = "document-format-combobox";
        documentFormatComboBox.Tooltip = "Change file type.";
        documentFormatComboBox.Text = "Save as type: ";
    }    
}
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