ComboBox bug with Q1'12 beta

[Yvan]

Hi,

ComboBox seems to not work well in Q1'12 beta version.

Consider the following trivial code:

$("#aCombobox").kendoComboBox([

 {text: "Item1", value: "1"},

 {text: "Item2", value: "2"}

]);

The result in combobox is always : [object Object] instead ItemN.

Best regards
Yvan

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Yvan,

 
This is a breaking change which is described in the Changes and Backward Compatibility section.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Yvan]

Hello Georgi,

Thanks for your answer but unfortunately the link seems to be broken.

Never mind, I found this page:
http://www.kendoui.com/documentation/changes-and-backward-compatibility.aspx

But except the following sentence I haven't found information about combo box:
Other: dataValueField and dataTextField of DropDownList, ComboBox and AutoComplete, are set to empty string by default.

What is the change you are talking about?

Best regards
Yvan

[Kamen Bundev]

Hi Yvan,

Sorry about the link, seems you've found the right one. Yes, this is the breaking change - in order to get your ComboBox working, you will need to list the fields you want to bind it to, like this:
$("#aCombobox").kendoComboBox({
    dataTextField: "text",
    dataValueField: "value",
    dataSource: [
        {text: "Item1", value: "1"},
        {text: "Item2", value: "2"}
    ]
});

That said, the change was needed for the MVVM implementation. I went ahead and changed the documentation to be more clear about what you need to change.

Kind regards,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

[Yvan]

Hi Kamen,

Thanks for your answers.

Best regards,
Yvan