AutoComplete select event - e.dataItem property not exists

[Chris]

HI

Fix the document description please, There have no e.dataItem property (undefined) : 

WRONG : 

kendo.ui.AutoComplete > select
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/autocomplete#events-select
EVENT DATA
e.dataItem Object
The data item instance of the selected item.

WORKS :

C:\Program Files\Telerik\UI for ASP.NET MVC Q2 2016\wrappers\aspnetmvc\Examples\VS2015\Kendo.Mvc.Examples\Areas\razor\Views\autocomplete\events.cshtml
C:\Program Files\Telerik\UI for ASP.NET MVC R1 2017\wrappers\aspnetmvc\Examples\VS2015\Kendo.Mvc.Examples\Views\autocomplete\events.cshtml

    function onSelect(e) {
        if ("kendoConsole" in window) {
            var dataItem = this.dataItem(e.item.index());
            kendoConsole.log("event :: select (" + dataItem + ")");
        }
    }

I don't know why the AutoComplete do not provide the e.dataItem property,
but developers will be confused by the wrong document description.

Best regards

Chris

[Nencho]

Hello Chris,

Indeed, for MVC scenario, you need to extract the DataItem from the widget, regarding the current selected index. However, regarding the jquery Kendo UI, which the referenced documentation article is actually about - the dataItem is accessible trough the arguments of the event.

You can test this in the dojo, in the very same example.

In addition, we will consider adding similar example, demonstrating how to access the DataItem for MVC scenario and documentation.

Regards,
Nencho
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