Please add toolbar functionality to the Kendo Grid (similar to the Telerik MVC Grid using custom toolbars - http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/razor/grid/customtoolbar). Even if the toolbar has to be using strictly a template-based approach, it will still be very usable to be able to plug toolbars inside the grid itself. I know there is a talk already about custom toolbars and buttonsets in the mobile widgets. Maybe this work can then be applied to the desktop widgets as well?

With Windows 8 (and iOS/OS X) moving towards the tablet form factors as well as recent and recently announced laptops and all-in-one desktops being touch-enabled nowadays, having touch-friendly functionality UI elements suchs as toolbars and buttonsets on desktop-class widgets too will makes more and more sense as those new devices start making their ways into consumers' hands this coming year.