# DropDownList Events

The Kendo UI for Angular DropDownList emits a number of events which enable you to control its behavior upon user interaction.

The following example demonstrates the DropDownList events which facilitate common use-case scenarios.

[Demo Source](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/demos/dropdowns/dropdownlist/events/source.txt)

By default, you can select a DropDownList item by pressing a keyboard key. For example, if the DropDownList items are `Foo`, `Bar`, and `Baz` and the user presses the `B` letter key, based on the alphabetical order of the items, the keypress selects the first item which starts with a `B`.

> The keyboard selection is available only if the filtering functionality of the DropDownList is disabled.

## Suggested Links

* [API Reference of the DropDownList](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui-develop/components/dropdowns/api/dropdownlistcomponent)