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Messages

configuration

Allows localization of the strings that are used in the widget.

messages

Object

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Cancel</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { text: "item 1" },
            { text: "item 2" }
        ],
        messages: {
            labelSuffix: "Button"
        }
    });
</script>

messages.labelSuffix

String

Controls the label suffix that will be used for the aria-label attribute.

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Cancel</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { text: "item 1" },
            { text: "item 2" }
        ],
        messages: {
            labelSuffix: "MenuButton" // inspect the aria-label attribute in the browser console
        }
    });
</script>