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$widget = $element.kendoMultiSelect({ dataTextField: "Name", dataValueField: "Id", // define a custom template dataSource: { transport: { read: { dataType: "json", url: $url } } }, open: function (e) { this.list.addClass("tag-cloud"); }, close: function (e) { //e.preventDefault(); }, value: viewModel.get("Tags")}).data("kendoMultiSelect");<div style="width: 500px;"> <h2 class="fg-color-blueDeep">Tags</h2> <div class="input-control" data-for="tags"> <select id="tags" multiple="multiple" data-placeholder="Select Tags..." class="dark tag-cloud" data-bind="value: Tags" style="width: 500px;"></select> </div></div>