AutoComplete occasionally just... doesn't work

[Dave]

I have 3 Kendo MVC AutoCompletes on a page, and they occasionally just decide not to work. I can't figure it out.

First of all, if I add a Change event, like so:

@(Html.Kendo().AutoCompleteFor(m => m.NewIssue.Responsible)

      .MinLength(3)

      .HtmlAttributes(new { @class="autocomplete" })

      .Events(e => e.Change("removeTitle"))

      .DataSource(ds => ds.Read(r => r.Action("GetUserNames", "Ajax"))

                          .ServerFiltering(true)))

It no longer calls my Ajax function to return user names. And of course, it doesn't drop down with values.

If I take out the Change event, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it calls my Ajax function, gets a JSON list of users, but then doesn't dropdown with any values.

Here's another issue.

@(Html.Kendo().AutoCompleteFor(m => m.NewIssue.SiteNumber)

      .MinLength(3)

      .HtmlAttributes(new { @data_url = Url.Action("PopulateSite"), @class="autocomplete" })

      .Events(e => e.Select("selectSite"))

      .DataSource(ds => ds.Read(r => r.Action("GetSites", "Ajax"))

                          .ServerFiltering(true)))

This one calls it's Select event correctly when I select an item, but it also calls it's select event when I post the form using a regular Input Submit button. This one just blows my mind. I don't know how to fix this.

My project has 3 or 4 Kendo controls in it, and out of all of them, AutoComplete seems to be the most half-baked. It just doesn't seem reliable. I'm not doing anything crazy with them. I have 3 AutoCompletes in a form, one of them has a Select event, and I'm trying to add change events to the rest. I wonder if I should be using javascript to create these instead of the MVC wrapper, maybe that's causing issues? I really don't know.

Anyway, I'm not sure anyone can help me with the limited information I've provided, but I wanted to put it out here anyway. Thanks.

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Dave,

 
We are not aware of such problems regarding change/select events of the AutoComplete widget. I will ask you to modify the test project that I send you in the support ticket opened on the same matter. Also I will suggest you continue our discussion the support thread in order to avoid any duplications.

Greetings,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team