kendoMultiSelectTagTemplate template reference to dataItems collection

[Marvin]

Hello,

The kendoMultiSelectTagTemplate exposes each item via its dataItem (singular) template reference.

Is there a way it can also access the dataItems (plural) collection?

I would like to display a full length description in each tag when fewer items are selected, and a shorter, abbreviated description when more items are selected.

Note that I am already using the kendoMultiSelectSummaryTag when many, many items are selected, but this is expected to rarely occur with my users.  Most often only 1 or 2 items will be selected in which case I want the longer descriptions.  Occasionally, 2 - 10 items will be selected and in that case I want the abbreviations.  And with more than 10, I'll show the summary tag.

Thanks!

[Marvin]

I figured it out.  The template reference variable on the component itself is available so that seems to be working.

<kendo-multiselect #myMultiSelect>
  <ng-template kendoMultiSelectTagTemplate let-dataItem>
    {{ myMultiSelect.value.length < 3 ? dataItem.longName : dataItem.shortName }}
  </ng-template>
</kendo-multiselect>

[Stefani]

Hello Marvin,

Thank you for the details.

I'm glad you were able to resolve this yourself. Indeed, the shared implementation is a proper way to access the MultiSelect component's value.

Additionally, all public fields of the component class where the MultiSelect is used can be accessed inside the template.

Regards,
Stefani
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