[Solved] programmatic Search then Select

[Richard]

At the first rendering of a page I would like to specify and process the selection of a default autocomplete value.  I thought this code might work, it doesn't:

$(document).ready(function () {
    var ac = $("#autoComplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
    var target = "170035";
    ac.search(target)
        .then(ac.select(target))
        .then(ac.trigger("change"))
     ;
})

AutoComplete search() does not return a promise. A promise would be needed for the .then() chaining I want to do.  For comparison, DataSource read() does return a promise and can be part of a chain.

Q: Can you suggest a different approach for search and select ?

Thanks, Richard

 

[Nencho]

Hello Richard,

Indeed, the select method does not inherit the promise interface. This is why, you would need to use the $.when, in order to achieve the desired functionality:

  var target = "170035";
  var ac = $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");

$.when(ac.search("170035"))
     .then(ac.select(ac.ul.children().eq(0)))
     .then(ac.trigger("change"))

Here is a dojo example regarding the above implementation: https://dojo.telerik.com/isASA/6

Or you can use the approach, demonstrated in our documentation article below:

https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/autocomplete#methods-select

Regards,
Nencho
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