setProperties()

allows changing available configuration attributes of the control dynamically

setProperties(propertyConfig: IComboProps): void;

Parameters:

properties: object - an object with the available attributes of the control and their new values

Example

form.getItem("combo").setProperties({
    label: "New label",
    labelPosition: "top"
});

The method invokes the afterChangeProperties and beforeChangeProperties events.

It is possible to change values of the following configuration attributes of the Combo control:

validation	(function) the validation function, takes as a parameter the value to validate and returns true/false to indicate the result of validation
width	(string\|number\|"content") the width of a control
height	(string\|number\|"content") the height of a control
padding	(string\|number) sets padding between a cell and a border of the Combo control
css	(string) adds style classes to a control
placeholder	(string) sets a placeholder in the input of Combo
required	(boolean) defines whether the field with Combo is required (for a form)
readonly	(boolean) makes Combo readonly (it is only possible to select options from the list, without entering words in the input)
label	(string) specifies a label for a control
labelWidth	(string\|number) sets the width of the label of a control
hiddenLabel	(boolean) invisible label that will be used to identify the input on the server side
labelPosition	(string) defines the position of a label: "left"\|"top"
helpMessage	(string) adds a help message to a control
preMessage	(string) a message that contains instructions for interacting with the control
successMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of successful validation of the control value
errorMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of error during validation of the control value
itemHeight	(number) sets the height of a cell in the list of options
listHeight	(number) sets the height of the list of options
template	(function) sets a template of displaying options in the popup list
filter	(function) sets a custom function for filtering Combo options. Check the details.
multiselection	(boolean) enables selection of multiple options in Combo
selectAllButton	(boolean) defines whether the Select All button should be shown
itemsCount	(boolean, function) shows the total number of selected options
virtual	(boolean) enables dynamic loading of data on scrolling the list of options

Change log:

added in v7.0