Dropdown localisation

theronguard · January 27, 2026, 8:42am

Hello. Is there any way to change the default localisation behavior of an Enum Dropdown to use [Display]’s attribute name parameter, instead of the description? I tried overriding the dropdown base component but the method that seems to handle localisation logic isn’t virtual. I’m talking about this method inside the DropDownBase class:
public object? GetItemOrValueFromProperty(object? item, string property)
If there’s no way to do this currently, could this method be made virtual?

enchev · January 27, 2026, 8:47am

At the moment only the DataGrid is using DisplayAttribute however we accept pull requests for any other component!

UPDATE: Actually there is already such code:

github.com/radzenhq/radzen-blazor

Radzen.Blazor/DropDownBase.cs

master


      
          /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
          /// <param name="property">The property.</param>
          /// <returns>System.Object.</returns>
          public object? GetItemOrValueFromProperty(object? item, string property)
          {
              if (item != null)
              {
                  var enumValue = item as Enum;
                  if (enumValue != null)
                  {
                      return Radzen.Blazor.EnumExtensions.GetDisplayDescription(enumValue);
                  }
          
                  if (property == TextProperty)
                  {
                      return textPropertyGetter != null ? textPropertyGetter(item) : PropertyAccess.GetItemOrValueFromProperty(item, property);
                  }
                  else if (property == ValueProperty)
                  {
                      return valuePropertyGetter != null ? valuePropertyGetter(item) : PropertyAccess.GetItemOrValueFromProperty(item, property);
                  }