I know that, using the .value(); method I can retrieve the TEXT of the currently selected item ...but what if we want to get the entire object, with all of its existential data intact?
Currently, the only method I have found is the following ...
var combobox = $("#input").data("kendoComboBox");
console.log(combobox.dataSource.view()[combobox._current.index()]);
This seems hardly intuitive and excessively redundant. The code is relatively simple, can't we just get a simple .selected() or a .current() method attached to it that pulls this?
Currently, the only method I have found is the following ...
var combobox = $("#input").data("kendoComboBox");
console.log(combobox.dataSource.view()[combobox._current.index()]);
This seems hardly intuitive and excessively redundant. The code is relatively simple, can't we just get a simple .selected() or a .current() method attached to it that pulls this?
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Hello Derek,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team
Currently the widget has current() method which returns the current selected LI element. For now you will need to use the aforementioned approach to get the data item. I will foward your request to our developers for further consideration. I will suggest you open a thread in Kendo UI User Voice. Thus the people can vote for this feature.
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team
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