items
Obtains an Array of the DOM elements, which correspond to the data items from the Kendo UI DataSource view.
Returns
Array The currently rendered dropdown list items (<li> elements).
Example
<input id="multicolumncombobox" />
<script>
$("#multicolumncombobox").kendoMultiColumnComboBox({
    dataTextField: "text",
    dataValueField: "value",
    dataSource: [
        { text: "Apples", value: "1" },
        { text: "Oranges", value: "2" }
    ],
    columns: [
        { field: "text", title: "Text" },
        { field: "value", title: "Value" }
    ]
});
var multicolumncombobox = $("#multicolumncombobox").data("kendoMultiColumnComboBox");
// get the list items
var items = multicolumncombobox.items();
console.log(items.length); // outputs the number of items
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