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Custom ASP.NET Editable DropDownList

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A custom made DropDownList control for ASP.NET
/*
 * jQuery UI Button 1.8.16
 *
 * Copyright 2011, AUTHORS.txt (http://jqueryui.com/about)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
 * http://jquery.org/license
 *
 * http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Button
 *
 * Depends:
 *	jquery.ui.core.js
 *	jquery.ui.widget.js
 */
(function( $, undefined ) {

var lastActive, startXPos, startYPos, clickDragged,
	baseClasses = "ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all",
	stateClasses = "ui-state-hover ui-state-active ",
	typeClasses = "ui-button-icons-only ui-button-icon-only ui-button-text-icons ui-button-text-icon-primary ui-button-text-icon-secondary ui-button-text-only",
	formResetHandler = function() {
		var buttons = $( this ).find( ":ui-button" );
		setTimeout(function() {
			buttons.button( "refresh" );
		}, 1 );
	},
	radioGroup = function( radio ) {
		var name = radio.name,
			form = radio.form,
			radios = $( [] );
		if ( name ) {
			if ( form ) {
				radios = $( form ).find( "[name='" + name + "']" );
			} else {
				radios = $( "[name='" + name + "']", radio.ownerDocument )
					.filter(function() {
						return !this.form;
					});
			}
		}
		return radios;
	};

$.widget( "ui.button", {
	options: {
		disabled: null,
		text: true,
		label: null,
		icons: {
			primary: null,
			secondary: null
		}
	},
	_create: function() {
		this.element.closest( "form" )
			.unbind( "reset.button" )
			.bind( "reset.button", formResetHandler );

		if ( typeof this.options.disabled !== "boolean" ) {
			this.options.disabled = this.element.propAttr( "disabled" );
		}

		this._determineButtonType();
		this.hasTitle = !!this.buttonElement.attr( "title" );

		var self = this,
			options = this.options,
			toggleButton = this.type === "checkbox" || this.type === "radio",
			hoverClass = "ui-state-hover" + ( !toggleButton ? " ui-state-active" : "" ),
			focusClass = "ui-state-focus";

		if ( options.label === null ) {
			options.label = this.buttonElement.html();
		}

		if ( this.element.is( ":disabled" ) ) {
			options.disabled = true;
		}

		this.buttonElement
			.addClass( baseClasses )
			.attr( "role", "button" )
			.bind( "mouseenter.button", function() {
				if ( options.disabled ) {
					return;
				}
				$( this ).addClass( "ui-state-hover" );
				if ( this === lastActive ) {
					$( this ).addClass( "ui-state-active" );
				}
			})
			.bind( "mouseleave.button", function() {
				if ( options.disabled ) {
					return;
				}
				$( this ).removeClass( hoverClass );
			})
			.bind( "click.button", function( event ) {
				if ( options.disabled ) {
					event.preventDefault();
					event.stopImmediatePropagation();
				}
			});

		this.element
			.bind( "focus.button", function() {
				// no need to check disabled, focus won't be triggered anyway
				self.buttonElement.addClass( focusClass );
			})
			.bind( "blur.button", function() {
				self.buttonElement.removeClass( focusClass );
			});

		if ( toggleButton ) {
			this.element.bind( "change.button", function() {
				if ( clickDragged ) {
					return;
				}
				self.refresh();
			});
			// if mouse moves between mousedown and mouseup (drag) set clickDragged flag
			// prevents issue where button state changes but checkbox/radio checked state
			// does not in Firefox (see ticket #6970)
			this.buttonElement
				.bind( "mousedown.button", function( event ) {
					if ( options.disabled ) {
						return;
					}
					clickDragged = false;
					startXPos = event.pageX;
					startYPos = event.pageY;
				})
				.bind( "mouseup.button", function( event ) {
					if ( options.disabled ) {
						return;
					}
					if ( startXPos !== event.pageX || startYPos !== event.pageY ) {
						clickDragged = true;
					}
			});
		}

		if ( this.type === "checkbox" ) {
			this.buttonElement.bind( "click.button", function() {
				if ( options.disabled || clickDragged ) {
					return false;
				}
				$( this ).toggleClass( "ui-state-active" );
				self.buttonElement.attr( "aria-pressed", self.element[0].checked );
			});
		} else if ( this.type === "radio" ) {
			this.buttonElement.bind( "click.button", function() {
				if ( options.disabled || clickDragged ) {
					return false;
				}
				$( this ).addClass( "ui-state-active" );
				self.buttonElement.attr( "aria-pressed", "true" );

				var radio = self.element[ 0 ];
				radioGroup( radio )
					.not( radio )
					.map(function() {
						return $( this ).button( "widget" )[ 0 ];
					})
					.removeClass( "ui-state-active" )
					.attr( "aria-pressed", "false" );
			});
		} else {
			this.buttonElement
				.bind( "mousedown.button", function() {
					if ( options.disabled ) {
						return false;
					}
					$( this ).addClass( "ui-state-active" );
					lastActive = this;
					$( document ).one( "mouseup", function() {
						lastActive = null;
					});
				})
				.bind( "mouseup.button", function() {
					if ( options.disabled ) {
						return false;
					}
					$( this ).removeClass( "ui-state-active" );
				})
				.bind( "keydown.button", function(event) {
					if ( options.disabled ) {
						return false;
					}
					if ( event.keyCode == $.ui.keyCode.SPACE || event.keyCode == $.ui.keyCode.ENTER ) {
						$( this ).addClass( "ui-state-active" );
					}
				})
				.bind( "keyup.button", function() {
					$( this ).removeClass( "ui-state-active" );
				});

			if ( this.buttonElement.is("a") ) {
				this.buttonElement.keyup(function(event) {
					if ( event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.SPACE ) {
						// TODO pass through original event correctly (just as 2nd argument doesn't work)
						$( this ).click();
					}
				});
			}
		}

		// TODO: pull out $.Widget's handling for the disabled option into
		// $.Widget.prototype._setOptionDisabled so it's easy to proxy and can
		// be overridden by individual plugins
		this._setOption( "disabled", options.disabled );
		this._resetButton();
	},

	_determineButtonType: function() {

		if ( this.element.is(":checkbox") ) {
			this.type = "checkbox";
		} else if ( this.element.is(":radio") ) {
			this.type = "radio";
		} else if ( this.element.is("input") ) {
			this.type = "input";
		} else {
			this.type = "button";
		}

		if ( this.type === "checkbox" || this.type === "radio" ) {
			// we don't search against the document in case the element
			// is disconnected from the DOM
			var ancestor = this.element.parents().filter(":last"),
				labelSelector = "label[for='" + this.element.attr("id") + "']";
			this.buttonElement = ancestor.find( labelSelector );
			if ( !this.buttonElement.length ) {
				ancestor = ancestor.length ? ancestor.siblings() : this.element.siblings();
				this.buttonElement = ancestor.filter( labelSelector );
				if ( !this.buttonElement.length ) {
					this.buttonElement = ancestor.find( labelSelector );
				}
			}
			this.element.addClass( "ui-helper-hidden-accessible" );

			var checked = this.element.is( ":checked" );
			if ( checked ) {
				this.buttonElement.addClass( "ui-state-active" );
			}
			this.buttonElement.attr( "aria-pressed", checked );
		} else {
			this.buttonElement = this.element;
		}
	},

	widget: function() {
		return this.buttonElement;
	},

	destroy: function() {
		this.element
			.removeClass( "ui-helper-hidden-accessible" );
		this.buttonElement
			.removeClass( baseClasses + " " + stateClasses + " " + typeClasses )
			.removeAttr( "role" )
			.removeAttr( "aria-pressed" )
			.html( this.buttonElement.find(".ui-button-text").html() );

		if ( !this.hasTitle ) {
			this.buttonElement.removeAttr( "title" );
		}

		$.Widget.prototype.destroy.call( this );
	},

	_setOption: function( key, value ) {
		$.Widget.prototype._setOption.apply( this, arguments );
		if ( key === "disabled" ) {
			if ( value ) {
				this.element.propAttr( "disabled", true );
			} else {
				this.element.propAttr( "disabled", false );
			}
			return;
		}
		this._resetButton();
	},

	refresh: function() {
		var isDisabled = this.element.is( ":disabled" );
		if ( isDisabled !== this.options.disabled ) {
			this._setOption( "disabled", isDisabled );
		}
		if ( this.type === "radio" ) {
			radioGroup( this.element[0] ).each(function() {
				if ( $( this ).is( ":checked" ) ) {
					$( this ).button( "widget" )
						.addClass( "ui-state-active" )
						.attr( "aria-pressed", "true" );
				} else {
					$( this ).button( "widget" )
						.removeClass( "ui-state-active" )
						.attr( "aria-pressed", "false" );
				}
			});
		} else if ( this.type === "checkbox" ) {
			if ( this.element.is( ":checked" ) ) {
				this.buttonElement
					.addClass( "ui-state-active" )
					.attr( "aria-pressed", "true" );
			} else {
				this.buttonElement
					.removeClass( "ui-state-active" )
					.attr( "aria-pressed", "false" );
			}
		}
	},

	_resetButton: function() {
		if ( this.type === "input" ) {
			if ( this.options.label ) {
				this.element.val( this.options.label );
			}
			return;
		}
		var buttonElement = this.buttonElement.removeClass( typeClasses ),
			buttonText = $( "<span></span>" )
				.addClass( "ui-button-text" )
				.html( this.options.label )
				.appendTo( buttonElement.empty() )
				.text(),
			icons = this.options.icons,
			multipleIcons = icons.primary && icons.secondary,
			buttonClasses = [];  

		if ( icons.primary || icons.secondary ) {
			if ( this.options.text ) {
				buttonClasses.push( "ui-button-text-icon" + ( multipleIcons ? "s" : ( icons.primary ? "-primary" : "-secondary" ) ) );
			}

			if ( icons.primary ) {
				buttonElement.prepend( "<span class='ui-button-icon-primary ui-icon " + icons.primary + "'></span>" );
			}

			if ( icons.secondary ) {
				buttonElement.append( "<span class='ui-button-icon-secondary ui-icon " + icons.secondary + "'></span>" );
			}

			if ( !this.options.text ) {
				buttonClasses.push( multipleIcons ? "ui-button-icons-only" : "ui-button-icon-only" );

				if ( !this.hasTitle ) {
					buttonElement.attr( "title", buttonText );
				}
			}
		} else {
			buttonClasses.push( "ui-button-text-only" );
		}
		buttonElement.addClass( buttonClasses.join( " " ) );
	}
});

$.widget( "ui.buttonset", {
	options: {
		items: ":button, :submit, :reset, :checkbox, :radio, a, :data(button)"
	},

	_create: function() {
		this.element.addClass( "ui-buttonset" );
	},
	
	_init: function() {
		this.refresh();
	},

	_setOption: function( key, value ) {
		if ( key === "disabled" ) {
			this.buttons.button( "option", key, value );
		}

		$.Widget.prototype._setOption.apply( this, arguments );
	},
	
	refresh: function() {
		var ltr = this.element.css( "direction" ) === "ltr";
		
		this.buttons = this.element.find( this.options.items )
			.filter( ":ui-button" )
				.button( "refresh" )
			.end()
			.not( ":ui-button" )
				.button()
			.end()
			.map(function() {
				return $( this ).button( "widget" )[ 0 ];
			})
				.removeClass( "ui-corner-all ui-corner-left ui-corner-right" )
				.filter( ":first" )
					.addClass( ltr ? "ui-corner-left" : "ui-corner-right" )
				.end()
				.filter( ":last" )
					.addClass( ltr ? "ui-corner-right" : "ui-corner-left" )
				.end()
			.end();
	},

	destroy: function() {
		this.element.removeClass( "ui-buttonset" );
		this.buttons
			.map(function() {
				return $( this ).button( "widget" )[ 0 ];
			})
				.removeClass( "ui-corner-left ui-corner-right" )
			.end()
			.button( "destroy" );

		$.Widget.prototype.destroy.call( this );
	}
});

}( jQuery ) );

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