How to retain value on the textbox filter?

[Louise]

    When typing on the textbox and then loosing focus, the value gets cleared. Is there a way to retain the text?

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Louise,

Here's a sample dojo, which shows how you can get the MultiSelect's input text in the widget's close event and set it after a small delay. The value must be set in the open event as well, because similarly to the close event when it fires the current text in the input gets cleared. 

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik by Progress

[Louise]

The textbox gets cut-off when a long word is entered. like if I entered Banana, it would the textbox's width only shows up to Ban

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Louise,

You can change the input's default width with the following CSS rule:

.k-multiselect-wrap .k-input {
  width: 100% !important;
}

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik by Progress