Stop Combobox drop-down after value is removed

[Emma]

Hi,

Is it possible to stop the combo-box drop down from dropping down when a value is removed?

It can be reproduced on here http://demos.kendoui.com/web/combobox/api.html by selecting a value, highlighting it and pressing the delete key. The drop-down drops down, I would like to prevent that.

Because I have several drop-downs appearing above eachother and when the user is emptying the values, and trying to move to the next one down they are accidently selecting the values again. They can of course use tab and delete but I was curious as to whether this behaviour could be disabled.

Thanks
Emma

[Petur Subev]

Hello Emma,

I am afraid I do not understand the situation. When pressing delete on the keyboard nothing actually happens - the DropDownList remains opened.

Could you create a screencast or explain in more details so we can better understand what you are after?

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
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[Emma]

Hi Petur,

Thats the problem, I don't want it to remain open when I remove the value.

Thanks
Emma

[Petur Subev]

Hello Emma,

Thank you for clarifying. Unfortunately there is not built in option to make the ComboBox behave like this.

I can suggest you to bind to the change event of the visible input element and close the ComboBox programaticaly if there is no value.

Here is example:

http://jsbin.com/exiyec/2/edit


Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
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