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events

Fired when the suggestion popup of the widget is opened by the user.

The event handler function context (available through the keyword this) will be set to the widget instance.

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Event Data

e.sender `kendo.ui.AutoComplete`

The widget instance which fired the event.

<input id="autocomplete" />
<script>
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
  dataSource: [ "Apples", "Oranges" ],
  open: function(e) {
    // handle the event
  }
});
</script>

<input id="autocomplete" />
<script>
function autocomplete_open(e) {
  // handle the event
}
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
  dataSource: [ "Apples", "Oranges" ]
});
var autocomplete = $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
autocomplete.bind("open", autocomplete_open);
</script>

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Event Data

e.sender kendo.ui.AutoComplete

e.sender `kendo.ui.AutoComplete`