Display Different Filter Editors Depending on Operators

Updated on Dec 10, 2025

Environment

Product

Progress® Kendo UI® Filter for jQuery

Description

How can I have different editors appear depending on the current operator of the Filter?

Solution

1. Bind the change event to the filterModel of the component and identify the exact Filter expression from its items.
2. Find the editor of the expression, empty it and then append a new input element.
3. Check for the current operator of the Filter expression and initialize the corresponding component for the editor in the input element you appended.

The following example demonstrates how to achieve the desired scenario:

    <script src="https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/shared/js/products.js"></script>
    <div id="example">
      <div id="filter"></div>
      <br />
      <br />
      <br />

      <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
          var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
            pageSize: 20,
            data: products,
            autoSync: true,
            schema: {
              model: {
                id: "ProductID",
                fields: {
                  ProductID: { editable: false, nullable: true },
                  ProductName: { validation: { required: true } },
                  Category: { defaultValue: { CategoryID: 1, CategoryName: "Beverages" } },
                  UnitPrice: { type: "number", validation: { required: true, min: 1 } }
                }
              }
            }
          });

          $("#filter").kendoFilter({
            dataSource: dataSource,
            expressionPreview: true,
            fields: [
              { name: "ProductName", label: "Product Name" },
              { name: "CategoryID", type: "number", label: "Category", defaultValue: 1, editorTemplate: categoryDropDownEditor },
              { name: "UnitPrice", type: "number", label: "Unit Price", editorTemplate: unitPriceEditor },
              { name: "UnitsInStock", type: "number", label: "Units In Stock" },
              { name: "QuantityPerUnit", label: "Quantity Per Unit" },
            ]
          });

          $("#filter").data("kendoFilter").filterModel.bind("change", function(e) {
            if(!e.items) {
              return;
            }

            let model = e.items[0];
            if(model.field == "ProductName") {

              setTimeout(function(){
                var editorContainer = $("[id='"+model.uid+"']").find(".k-toolbar-item.k-filter-value"); 
                editorContainer.empty();
                let input = $("<input />")
                .appendTo(editorContainer);

                if(model.operator == "eq" || model.operator == "neq") {
                  input.kendoDropDownList({
                    optionLabel: "Select value...",
                    dataSource: ["1", "2"],
                    value: model.value,
                    change: function(e) {
                      model.set("value", e.sender.value());
                    }
                  });

                } else {
                  input.kendoTextBox({
                    value: model.value,
                    change: function(e) {
                      model.set("value", e.sender.value());
                    }
                  });
                }
              })

            }
          })
        });

        function unitPriceEditor(container, options) {
          $('<input data-bind="value: value" name="' + options.field + '"/>')
            .appendTo(container)
            .kendoNumericTextBox();
        }

        function categoryDropDownEditor(container, options) {
          $('<input data-bind="value: value" name="' + options.field + '"/>')
            .appendTo(container)
            .kendoDropDownList({
            dataTextField: "CategoryName",
            dataValueField: "CategoryID",
            dataSource: {
              transport: {
                read: "https://demos.telerik.com/service/v2/core/Categories"
              }
            }
          });
        }
      </script>
    </div>

See Also

• JavaScript API Reference of the Filter