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jQuery DropDownList API

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$(document).ready(function () { var data = [ { text: "The Shawshank Redemption", value: "1" }, { text: "The Godfather", value: "2" }, { text: "The Godfather: Part II", value: "3" }, { text: "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.", value: "4" }, { text: "Pulp Fiction", value: "5" }, { text: "12 Angry Men", value: "6" }, { text: "Schindler's List", value: "7" }, { text: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", value: "8" }, { text: "Inception", value: "9" }, { text: "The Dark Knight", value: "10" } ]; $("#movies").kendoDropDownList({ dataTextField: "text", dataValueField: "value", dataSource: data, height: 100 }) .closest(".k-widget") .attr("id", "products_wrapper"); var dropdownlist = $("#movies").data("kendoDropDownList"), setValue = function (e) { if (e.type != "keypress" || kendo.keys.ENTER == e.keyCode) dropdownlist.value($("#value").val()); }, setIndex = function (e) { if (e.type != "keypress" || kendo.keys.ENTER == e.keyCode) { var index = parseInt($("#index").val()); dropdownlist.select(index); } }, setSearch = function (e) { if (e.type != "keypress" || kendo.keys.ENTER == e.keyCode) dropdownlist.search($("#word").val()); }; $("#enable").click(function () { dropdownlist.enable(); }); $("#disable").click(function () { dropdownlist.enable(false); }); $("#readonly").click(function () { dropdownlist.readonly(); }); $("#open").click(function () { dropdownlist.open(); }); $("#close").click(function () { dropdownlist.close(); }); $("#getValue").click(function () { alert(dropdownlist.value()); }); $("#getText").click(function () { alert(dropdownlist.text()); }); $("#setValue").click(setValue); $("#value").keypress(setValue); $("#select").click(setIndex); $("#index").keypress(setIndex); $("#find").click(setSearch); $("#word").keypress(setSearch); });

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The jQuery DropDownList comes with an extensive set of API configurations. This demo shows how to utilize some of its functions such as getting its value, enabling and disabling the control, and opening and closing the DropDownList popup.

You can check the full list of the supported API calls in the jQuery DropDownList API reference documentation.

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