How to add an empty item to ExtJS combobox?

Question

I want to add and empty item (display value is blank, item height is kept as normal) to an Ext.form.ComboBox. I refered 2 links below to configure my combobox, but it still not display the empty item:

• http://www.ashlux.com/wordpress/2009/09/04/handling-empty-options-with-ext-js-combo-box/
• http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?52340-How-to-add-a-quot-blank-quot-entry-to-a-ComboBox

Here is my code:

this.abcCombo = new Ext.form.ComboBox({
    name : 'abcCombo',
    hiddenName : 'abcCombo-id',
    fieldLabel : "My Combobox",
    width : 250,
    editable : false,
    forceSelection : true,
    mode : 'local',
    triggerAction : 'all',
    valueField : 'id',
    displayField : 'fullName',
    store : new Ext.data.JsonStore({
        fields : ['id', 'fullName']
    }),
    tpl : '<tpl for="."><div class="x-combo-list-item">{fullName}&nbsp;</div></tpl>'
});

The combobox store's data will be loaded after an Ajax request (i.e 3 items in data items). And the combobox has only 3 item (not 4 as I expected). Do you have any idea about my problem?! Thank you so much!

Answer 1

You can add an "empty" record at the beginning:

 listeners: {
     load: function(store, records) {
          store.insert(0, [{
              fullName: ' ',
              id: null
          }]);
     }
  }