Currently, the DropZone is always rendered around the Telerik UI Upload widget and there is no built-in option that can be used in order to not render the DropZone.
In order to hide the DropZone, the following is required:
<style>
#wrapper {
display: inline-block;
}
.k-upload {
border-width: 0;
}
.k-upload .k-dropzone {
padding: 0;
}
.k-upload-status-total {
display: none;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
//Removing the "Drop files here message"
$("#files").closest(".k-upload").find(".k-dropzone em").remove();
});
</script>
However, if Boostrap is used, additional steps are needed - all the necessary classes should be returned accordingly:
<script>
$("#files").ready(function(){
$("#files").closest(".k-dropzone").removeClass("k-dropzone").addClass("form-control").addClass("col-md-3");
});
</script>