Declined
Last Updated: 25 Oct 2021 07:06 by ADMIN
WT
Created on: 27 Oct 2015 20:25
Category: Data Source
Type: Feature Request
1
Support custom alternativeNames value for cascade fields.
Currently, an inherited DropDownList widget can only bind to another of the same type  or another vanilla DropDownList (via  alternativeNames array at kendo.all.js line 32813) 

A use case is that I originally created ParentCustomDDL and ChildCustomDDL with the intention of cascading from parent -> child. Since alternativeNames is hard-coded, I was forced to merge the code into one clumsy widget so that name matches name.
1 comment
ADMIN
Ianko
Posted on: 25 Oct 2021 07:06

Hi,

In order to satisfy the case with custom widgets by inheriting any of the List widget you will need to also implement the _parentWidget method in order to enable cross-component cascade functionality. 

The functionality mentioned is encapsulated to ensure cascading only for the supported types of list widgets.

Regards,
Ianko
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