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Enable

methods

Enables or disables the DropDownButton and all the items in the Button list.

enable

Parameters:stateBoolean

Indicates whether the DropDownButton should be enabled or disabled. true and false arguments are accepted. If no argument is supplied, the DropDownButton will assume true and will be enabled.

itemsString|jQuery

Collection of the items to disabled/enabled.

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { text: "item 1" },
            { text: "item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");
    // disable button
    button.enable(false);
</script>

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { id: "item1", text: "Item 1" },
            { id: "item2", text: "Item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");

    button.enable(false, "#item1");
</script>

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { id: "item1", text: "Item 1" },
            { id: "item2", text: "Item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");

    button.enable(false, $("#item1, #item2"));
</script>