Hello Patric,
The _select() method is used in other scenarios different than the call from the value() method, this is why the height calculation is needed for every _select() call. However the following enhancement if implemented, will give performance boost. So please check when this is resolved:
https://github.com/telerik/kendo-ui-core/issues/465
Regards,
Kiril Nikolov
Telerik
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