Programmatic selection and change

[Richard]

For the case of user based selection of an item, the change event is fired.

For the case of programmatic selection by way of select(), value() or search() it appears that the change event is not fired. 
Q: Is this a design feature ?
Q: If yes, would there be any reason not to use a programmatic _change() after the selection?

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Richard,

 
Up to your questions:

#1:
Yes, this behavior is by design. When then value is changed using the API, the change event should not be raised. If you need to trigger the change event use:

$("#widgetID").data("kendoDropDownList").trigger("change");

Please note that the search() method just changes the focused item. Hence when the widget looses focus the change event will be raised.

#2:
I am not exactly sure that I understand the quetion, but I suppose that you are asking why the _change method is not called after a programmatic seleciton. The _change method actually controls when the change event should be triggered. It will be called only when the value is changed by user interaction. Please elaborate more on the question if I am missing something.
Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Richard]

Hi Georgi:

Thanks for the clarification.

The question #2 was really about forcing the change event, which you cleanly answered in #1 with .trigger() .

Regards,
Richard