Prevent Default in Change hander

[Bob]

Is there a way to prevent default in the autocomplete change handler?

I don't want them to exit unless they type in a valid value from the data source. I tried e.preventDefault() but it doesn't seem to work.

 

 

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Bob,

I am not really sure that I understand this request. Can you please elaborate a bit more?


Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik

 

 

[Bob]

Basically, if the user types an invalid value into the auto complete, I don't want focus to move to a new field, in other words, prevent the default action that caused the change to fire (selecting or typing in a value)

 

[Kiril Nikolov]

Hello Bob,

You can use the blur event of the input if you want to restrict the user movement, however there is no built-in mechanism for handling such behavior of the widget. 

Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik