Events not firing properly

[Dave]

I'm simply trying to fire an event, and it doesn't work. (I'm starting to feel like Kendo is a beta that we pay to test.)

Markup:

@(Html.Kendo().AutoCompleteFor(m => m.EditName)

.Events(e => e.Select("alert('test')"))

.DataSource(source =>

          source.Read(read => read.Action("GetUsers", "Administration"))

              .ServerFiltering(true)))

Here's what happens. It fires the alert box upon page load, and never again. Also, it doesn't matter what the event is. I can make the event "Select", "Change", "Open", "Close".... it always fires once upon page load, and never again.

I tried using the Latest Internal build... did not fix it. I just want to fire an event upon Select, not upon page load. Please advise what I'm doing wrong. Thanks.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi David,

 This is not a supported way to handle a client-side event. You should specify the name of a JavaScript function which will handle the event not executable JavaScript code. Please refer to the documentation

All the best,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Dave]

Yes, obviously this was intended to be used with a function. It does not work with a function either. I just happened to paste the code block when I was trying inline javascript.

It does not work with a javascript function. It's the same result. Please tell me how to make the events fire when they are supposed to fire. Thanks.

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi David,

 Did you check the sample ASP.NET MVC application which is shipped with the Kendo distribution? It contains a demo which shows how to use the client side events of the the autocomplete. More info can be found here.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team