RadzenDropDownDataGrid and Setting first item as selected

Radzen.Blazor Components
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When using RadzenDropDownDataGrid using the keyboard I have a few users complaining that it is hard to use it using the keyboard.

In this case it is a time reporting app and they need to quickly create many time reports eaisly using the keyboard.

One issue they have is that they need to click enter to open the dialog and most users do not know thay can do that.

but the main issue they have is that when they click enter to open the search dialog the first entry in list is not selected so they need to do extra arrow down to select it, this is true also after filter/search.

is there a way to make the first entry in list always selected so they can skip the arrow down step if the first entry is the one they want.

if they only see one entry in list users click enter and expect it to be selected.

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You don't need to open the DropDownDataGrid - just press arrow down when focused to select the first item.
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true, but users are not happy with that approach as they do not see any dropdown then.

my app is a redesign from another app which did not have a dialog to search so it is already a pain for users to get used to the new open with enter feature

is there anyway to set a property to get the first item selected always in the dropdown dialog

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In this case you need to add custom code to select the first item when needed - selection is done using two-way binding @bind-Value.

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ok, can you point me in the right direction, the api is not very detailed on how to do things. thanks!

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We don't have any more detailed - everything is illustrated on our demos.

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so point me to the demo which show how to set the first item selected?

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Looks like you are not reading my replies. I've already noted how the selection is done, everything you need is in our demos plus they are editable to help you experiment the code you need.