how to get id of selected name from dropdown.
whene select Apples then got id 1and select Oranges then 2.
this is simple kendo dropdown example.
<body>
<input id="dropdownlist" />
<script>
$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
dataSource: [
{ id: 1, name: "Apples" },
{ id: 2, name: "Oranges" }
],
dataTextField: "name",
dataValueField: "id",
index: 1,
select: onSelect
});
function onSelect(e) {
console.log(e);
};
</script>
</body>
thanks.
The Select event is a bit more difficult one to use, as that event fires before the item is selected.
If you use the Change event, you should be able to get the dataItem with
See sample http://jsbin.com/OcOzIxI/2/edit