Disable, Enable and rebind the DropDownList

[Suthish]

Hi,

I tried to disable and enable the DropDownList control. But after enabling again, the data seems to lost or not rebinding again.

 

disabled

$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
  enable: false
});

 

enabled

$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
  enable: true
});

 

Here its get enabled again, but data not listing?

[Plamen Lazarov]

Hello Suthish,

The right way to enable or disable a DropDownList is to get an instance of the widget and use its enable() method. 

var dropdownlist = $("...").data("kendoDropDownList");
dropdownlist.enable(false);
dropdownlist.enable(true);

Using the code below twice is not recommended since it re-initializes the widget.

$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({

});

 

Regards,
Plamen Lazarov
Telerik

 

 

[Suthish]

This worked, not sure whats the difference...

disable

var dropdownlist = $("#period").data("kendoDropDownList");
dropdownlist.enable(false);

 

enable
dropdownlist.enable(true);

 

 

[John]

the difference is you are referencing an existing one vs creating one.

 

[Alexander Popov]

Hello Suthish,

The right way to enable or disable a DropDownList is to get an instance of the widget and use its enable() method. 

var dropdownlist = $("...").data("kendoDropDownList");
dropdownlist.enable(false);
dropdownlist.enable(true);

Using the code below twice is not recommended since it re-initializes the widget.

$("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({

});

 

Regards,
Telerik Team