Radcombobox with checkbox with multiple selection and have Select All

Today, I am gonna explain how RadComboBox with checkbox works. We are going to create a usercontrol (ucCustomCombobox) .Here I have a RadComboBox with chechkbox.. Here RadComboBox allows multiple selection. on checking select All checkbox which on checked, all the rest should be checked and vice versa .So I am gonna explain in simpler steps, how I did it.
1.Checkbox was kept inside the ItemTemplate of RadComboBox

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Container.Text is a runtime alias for the Text for this specific item in the bound list.
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2.Functions
We can see that the checkbox is kept in a div.This function is used to retrieve checkbox
function getItemCheckBox(item) {
//Get the 'div' representing the current RadComboBox Item.
var itemDiv = item.get_element();

//Get the collection of all 'input' elements in the 'div' (which are contained in the Item).
var inputs = itemDiv.getElementsByTagName("input");

for (var inputIndex = 0; inputIndex < inputs.length; inputIndex++) {
var input = inputs[inputIndex];

//Check the type of the current 'input' element.
if (input.type == "checkbox") {
return input;
}
}
Here we have a function which works on checking select All checkbox which on checked, all the rest should be checked and vice versa
function SetSelectAll(obj) {
var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBoxNonMembers.ClientID %>");

var IsChecked = obj.checked;
var items = combo.get_items();
var selectedItemsValues = "";
var itemsCount = items.get_count();

for (var itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < itemsCount; itemIndex++) {
var item = items.getItem(itemIndex);
var chk = getItemCheckBox(item);
if (chk != null) {
chk.checked = IsChecked;
}
}
if (IsChecked)
combo.set_text("All Selected");
else
combo.set_text("-- Select --");
}
In the rest of cases, we need to show the texts of item’s CheckBox checked seperated by comma.This is the function which work well for this.
function collectSelectedItems(obj) {
var combo = $find("<%= RadComboBoxNonMembers.ClientID %>");
document.getElementById('<%=hfValue.ClientID %>')
var items = combo.get_items();

var selectedItemsTexts = "";
var selectedItemsValues = "";

var itemsCount = items.get_count();
var FirstItemChk = getItemCheckBox(items.getItem(0));
var AllChecked = true;

for (var itemIndex = 1; itemIndex < itemsCount; itemIndex++) {

var item = items.getItem(itemIndex);
var checkbox = getItemCheckBox(item);

if (itemIndex == 0 && !obj.checked) {
FirstItemChk.checked = false;
}

if (!checkbox.checked) {
FirstItemChk.checked = false;
AllChecked = false;
}

//Check whether the Item's CheckBox) is checked.
if (checkbox.checked) {
selectedItemsTexts += item.get_text() + ", ";
selectedItemsValues += item.get_value() + ", ";

}
}

selectedItemsTexts = selectedItemsTexts.substring(0, selectedItemsTexts.length - 2);
selectedItemsValues = selectedItemsValues.substring(0, selectedItemsValues.length - 2);

//Set the text of the RadComboBox with the texts of the selected Items, separated by ','.
combo.set_text(selectedItemsTexts);

//Set the comboValue hidden field value with values of the selected Items, separated by ','.
document.getElementById('<%=hfValue.ClientID %>').value = selectedItemsValues;
//Clear the selection that RadComboBox has made internally.
if (selectedItemsValues == "") {
combo.clearSelection();
}

if (AllChecked) {
combo.set_text("All Selected");
FirstItemChk.checked = true;
}
}

$get(document.getElementById) is mainly used for normal controls like textboxes,checkboxes, buttons .and $find is used for Extender controls.

To prevent dropdown closing on clicking the item
function StopPropagation(e) {
//cancel bubbling
e.cancelBubble = true;
if (e.stopPropagation) {
e.stopPropagation();
}
We have added a hiddenfield and a button

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