<div class="configuration k-widget k-header" style="width: 190px">
    <span class="configHead">API Functions</span>
    <ul class="options">
        <li>
            <input type="text" value="0" id="selectRow" class="k-textbox" />
            <button class="selectRow k-button">
                Select row</button>
        </li>
        <li>
            <button class="clearSelection k-button">
                Clear selected rows</button>
        </li>
        <li>
            <input type="text" value="0" id="groupRow" class="k-textbox" />
            <button class="toggleGroup k-button">
                Collapse/Expand group</button>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<Kendo.Mvc.Examples.Models.ProductViewModel>()
    .Name("Grid")
    .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:700px" })
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.ProductName);
        columns.Bound(p => p.UnitPrice).Width(120);
        columns.Bound(p => p.UnitsInStock).Width(120);
    })
    .Pageable()
    .Scrollable()
    .Groupable()
    .Sortable()
    .Selectable()
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
        .Ajax()
        .Group(group => group.Add(p => p.UnitsInStock))
        .Read(read => read.Action("Products_Read", "Grid"))
     )
)

<script type="text/javascript">
    function selectRow(e) {
        if (e.type != "keypress" || kendo.keys.ENTER == e.keyCode) {
            var grid = $("#Grid").data("kendoGrid"),
                            rowIndex = $("#selectRow").val(),
                            row = grid.tbody.find(">tr:not(.k-grouping-row)").eq(rowIndex);

            grid.select(row);
        }
    }

    function toggleGroup (e) {
        if (e.type != "keypress" || kendo.keys.ENTER == e.keyCode) {
            var grid = $("#Grid").data("kendoGrid"),
                rowIndex = $("#groupRow").val(),
                row = grid.tbody.find(">tr.k-grouping-row").eq(rowIndex);

            if (row.has(".k-collapse").length) {
                grid.collapseGroup(row);
            } else {
                grid.expandGroup(row);
            }
        }
    }

    $(document).ready(function () {
        $(".clearSelection").click(function () {
            $("#Grid").data("kendoGrid").clearSelection();
        });

        $(".selectRow").click(selectRow);
        $("#selectRow").keypress(selectRow);

        $(".toggleGroup").click(toggleGroup);
        $("#groupRow").keypress(toggleGroup);
    });
</script>
<style scoped>
    .configuration .k-textbox
    {
        width: 23px;
    }
</style>
