How to manually initialize AutoComplete while loading instead of automatic loading.

[Daniel]

Hello,

I am using Auto complete inside a form. When the form returns Kendo UI AutoComplete remembers the last input value and fills it in. But I would like to initialize it manually (in the code) instead. I tried setting the value to a variable but failed. Setting Autobind(false) did not work either.

Can you give me an example in Razor please?

I also like to do the same for dropdownlist and datepicker.

Thanks,

[Daniel]

Hello Daniel,

By default when posting a form, the value will be populated from the ModelState. If you wish to avoid this then you should remove the key for the autocomplete property from the ModelState. For example:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(ViewModel model)
{
    ModelState.Remove("AutoCompleteFieldName");

Regards,
Daniel
Telerik

[Daniel]

Yes that works. "AutoCompleteFieldName" is the name that is assigned for the control (in the view in MVC)

Thanks,