Turn off/on (stop and start) AutoComplete and Suggest after init

[Matt]

I would like to turn off (and back on) the auto suggest/auto complete functionality based on user selection.

Here is the scenario:

I have an address form with the fields Suburb, State, Postcode and Country (screen shot attached)

  -   When the Country (kendoDropDownList) is set to “Australia” the Suburb box suggests items based on the Australia post listings (datasource is a webservice)  and the State and Post Code fields are also disabled as they are populated by the AutoComplete data item.

  -   Now, when the user selects a country other than “Australia” I want the Suburb box to stop suggesting Australian suburbs and re-enable the State and Post Code fields.

Binding to the DropDownList’s select event is fine and re-enabling the fields works, but I can’t work out how to stop the AutoComplete box.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Matt,

 
Did you check the enable method of the autocomplete widget? I believe it will do the work. Let me know if I am missing something.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Matt]

Hi Georgi,

Sorry I wasn't clear in my initial post. I would like the AutoComplete to function as a normal text box when the Country is not set to Australia. Basically, I'm after a way to turn the dropdown & suggest functionality off and then back on.

Thanks for your reply,
Matt

[Georgi Krustev]

Hi Matt,

 
One possible solution is to replace the autocomplete widget with a simple input element when needed. The other option is to stop suggestion and prevent opening of the popup. Check this jsFiddle demo.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Matt]

Worked like a charm, thanks!

[Francis]

instead of the ability to turn it on and off. how can you disable it all together. I want the input to be able to give results once the user types but when I delete the text, it gives me a suggestion of all the data. I don't want that. How do I disable the suggestion all together? 

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Francis,

You can accomplish your goal preventing the filtering event:

• http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/autocomplete#events-filtering

Check the last code snippet in the filtering event section.

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
Telerik