or
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({ dataSource: [ "Apples (red)", "Apples (yellow)", "Apples (green)", "Apples (red/yellow)" ], select: function(e) { var item = e.item; var text = item.text(); }}); var acList = $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete"); acList.bind("close", function(event) { if (event.sender._prev !== "" && event.sender.popup._hovered) event.preventDefault(); });$(acList.list).keypress(function(event){ console.log(event); })