New to Kendo UI for jQuery? Start a free 30-day trial

Items

methods

Obtains an Array of the DOM elements, which correspond to the data items from the Kendo UI DataSource view.

items

Returns:Array

The currently rendered dropdown list items (<li> elements).

<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
</script>