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Posted by Vijayar under C# on 5/5/2011 | Points: 10 | Views : 9591 | Status : [Member] | Replies : 9
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Hi
I have one dropdown list box,i am binding values from the database,is it possible to show some values in bold and other values normally,help me on this issue

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Posted by: Prabhakar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] [MVP] Starter | Points: 25

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Hi Vijay. .


I think you write code when you Fill Ur DropDownList with ur Condition . . some thing Like this Try it . . 

if (ddlcountry.Items[0].Text == "India")

{

 ddlCountry.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;

}




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Posted by: Vijayar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] Starter | Points: 25

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i am getting values from database and binding them to dropdown

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Posted by: Prabhakar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] [MVP] Starter | Points: 25

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HI Vijayar


Show ur Code . . Which way u exactly Fetch Data

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Posted by: Vijayar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] Starter | Points: 25

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Ex: query Select cityname,city id from city
da.Fill(ds);
DropDownList1.DataSource = ds;
DropDownList1.DataTextField = "Name";
DropDownList1.DataValueField = "ID";
DropDownList1.DataBind(); i want all city names in bold

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Posted by: Prabhakar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] [MVP] Starter | Points: 25

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Hi Vijay

set with DropdownList property to All Cities

style=" font-weight:bold;"

It's help u . .



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Posted by: Prabhakar on: 5/5/2011 [Member] [MVP] Starter | Points: 25

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Hi Vijay . . .


And also if u want to do with code to do this . . 


DropDownList1.Attributes.Add("style", "font-weight:bold");


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Posted by: Nishithraj on: 5/5/2011 [Member] Bronze | Points: 25

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Can you check whether this post is helpful.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t360823-format-text-in-dropdownlist.html

Mark this as answer, if it is.....

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Nishithraj Narayanan

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Posted by: Bhaarat287 on: 5/5/2011 [Member] Starter | Points: 25

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hii
here i have done it to set color for each item in dropdownlist
In my Case the Color code comes from database.
and accordingly i m displaying the items in dropdown

Try it and let me know the status 

private void UpdateDdlColor()

        {

            var count = (from objlst in ddlMediator.Items.Cast<ListItem>()

                         select Changecolor(objlst, UsersList)).Count();

        }



        private bool Changecolor(ListItem objlst, List<EntyInfo> UsersList)

        {



            string strcolorName = (from objUserlst in UsersList

                                   where objUserlst.UserId == Convert.ToInt64(objlst.Value)

                                   select objUserlst.ColorName).FirstOrDefault();



            objlst.Attributes.Add("style", string.Format("color:{0}", strcolorName));

            return true;

        }



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Posted by: Ndebata on: 5/9/2011 [Member] Starter | Points: 25

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Hi
You can loop through all the items. 

foreach (ListItem item in DropDownList1.Items)

        {

            //if you want to apply for some selected items check the condition on item.Text or item.Value based on your requirement.

            if (item.Text == "Some Value")

            {

                //Change font weight 

                item.Attributes.CssStyle.Add("font-weight", "bold");

                //Change font color

                item.Attributes.CssStyle.Add("color", "red");

            }

        }

* Please note that font-weight and font-size is not rendered properly in IE, you can see the difference in Firefox etc. So try to use the color property to distinguish. 

Thanks,

Debata

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