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Suggest

methods

Sets the value of the widget to the specified argument and visually selects the text.

suggest

Parameters:valueString

Characters to force a suggestion.

<input id="multicolumncombobox" />
<script>
$("#multicolumncombobox").kendoMultiColumnComboBox({
   dataSource: [
    { id: 1, name: "Apples" },
    { id: 2, name: "Oranges" }
  ],
  columns: [
    { field: "name" },
    { field: "id" }
  ],
  dataTextField: "name",
  dataValueField: "id",
});
var multicolumncombobox = $("#multicolumncombobox").data("kendoMultiColumnComboBox");
multicolumncombobox.suggest("Apples");
</script>