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Value

methods

Gets or sets the value of the widget.

Important: This method does not trigger change event.

This can affect MVVM value binding. The model bound to the widget will not be updated. You can overcome this behavior trigerring the change event manually using trigger("change") method.

<input id="autocomplete" />
<script>
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete();
var autocomplete = $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
autocomplete.value("new value");
autocomplete.trigger("change");
</script>

value

Parameters:valueString

The value to set.

Returns:String

the value of the widget.

<input id="autocomplete" />
<script>
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
  dataSource: [ "Apples", "Oranges" ]
});
var autocomplete = $("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
autocomplete.value("Apples");
var value = autocomplete.value();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
console.log(value); // Displays "Apples"
</script>