IE8 Browser becomes unresponsive when removing items from MultiSelect when bound to MVVM View Model - Kendo UI Q3 2013

[Dan Lewis]

Hi,

I have a MultiSelect bound to part of my View Model using Kendo MVVM and the declarative binding syntax which for the most part is working great. However, I have noticed that when removing items from the MultiSelect in IE8 the browser becomes unresponsive. This happens in IE8 native and in emulated modes are far as I can tell and seems to do this in the latest Q3 2013 builds also.

I have put together a simple example on JS Bin: http://jsbin.com/UJOxUqa/1/

I have tried with the Q2 2013 version and it seems to work OK (http://jsbin.com/OcAHuQEW/1/), so it looks like something may have been introduced in Q3?

We are due to go to pilot next week where the user base is all IE8, so if there is not a quick or obvious workaround I am guessing I will have to revert to Q2?

Any help greatly appreciated...

Regards,

Dan.

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Dan,

This is a known issue that we are currently working on. The fix will be available with the Q1 Service Pack release scheduled for January 16th.

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik