I'd like to be able to select multiple consecutive items by SHIFT + CLICK

There is no way to sort the selected items inside the MultiSelect. 

It would be nice to have such functionality implemented or provide an implementation that can achieve the described functionality.

Currently, the relation between the MultiSelect input and its TagList element (the one that holds the selected items) is established with an aria-describedby attribute. That results in the screen readers to report the selection (all selected items) as one line of text which doesn't adequately describe the control or and its context. The text of each selected item is announced but it is not clear how many items are selected. Also, there is no articulation between each item text that is announced.

Consider and implement better relation/structure, so that the context of the widget (the selected items and their number) is announced clearly.

Bug report

MultiSelect e.preventDefault() does not work in change event when selecting/deselecting items with Ctrl+A or Chift+Arrow

Reproduction of the problem

• Run the following Dojo: https://dojo.telerik.com/unEhoVAS/3
• Click in the MS input
• Press CTRL+A - all items will be selected

Expected/desired behavior

No items should be selected as e.preventDefault() is called in the select event.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2021.1.330
• Browser: [all ]

Hi Team,

I would like to request a built-in functionality to have the Kendo UI MultiSelect to select and deselect all items.  Perhaps a checkbox or specific button within would be great.

Thank you!

Similarly to the feedback listed in https://feedback.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/1560733-multiselect-keyboard-events-bubble-although-already-handled#:~:text=The%20approach%20described%20in%20order%20to%20prevent%2Foverwrite%20the,well%3A%20kendo.ui.MultiSelect.fn._keydown%20%3D%20function%28e%29%20%7B%20e.preventDefault%20%28%29%20%7D%3B

I am exploring using a multiselect box within a window.  If I choose to not allow the multiselect to autoClose, hitting the escape key will close the multiselect, but the event will continue to bubble up and will close the window.  Ideally, the multiselect should close its panel, but the window it is embedded on should not.

One solution to this problem is to add a handler for the close event on the window, however there is currently no way to determine if the close event is being triggered by clicking the close button on the window, or from an escape character (e.userTriggered does not go far enough to differentiate).  I would like the user to be able to click the close button manually to close the dialog, but not necessarily use the keyboard Escape key.  See:  https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/ui/window/events/close

The following solution as mentioned in the feedback link above, can be used to stop the propagation of the Escape key globally, but this then breaks all other keyboard actions (which is bad from a usability standpoint).  Is there any way to add this functionality?  From looking at the source (which we have as part of our subscription), simply adding e.stopPropagation() when responding to the ESC key in the _keydown function of kendo.multiselect.js would be enough to fix this issue.

kendo.ui.MultiSelect.fn._keydown = function (e) {
   if (e.which === 27) {
      e.stopPropagation();
   }
}

Thanks.

Hi Team,

I would like to request being able to add new items into the MultiSelect and saving them per user.  

It has become clear that while this control allows a user to add custom entries not currently in the pre-defined list, it appears they can't later be loaded, like when a user saves choices, including custom entries.

I've never seen a scenario where a user enters input into a control and later doesn't need to see what they enter (saved to a Db).

Therefore, the MultiSelect demo which allows you to add custom entries, but can't later display them represents an unrealistic scenario and I recommend at least adding a caveat to the page informing developers planning to use that feature of this limitation.

I like the MultiSelect and use it in many places, but since the custom add feature won't support common usage (later display what they type), I recommend this feature not be displayed as a demo until it's ready.

For example, it should accept as a property a string, delimited by commas, custom entries.

It would then iterate through custom entries and where it doesn't match, add them for you.

Thank you.

Hi Team,

I would like to request a way to display the placeholder when the user has focused on the Input with no value made.  

Thank you!

Hi Team,

I would like to request a way to be able to select all child items in a group.  

Thank you!

• Open the MultiSelect and add some items
• Use backspace to remove items

Result: The items that were selected, then un-selected still show as selected in the list

This can be reproduced on the latest demo page. https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/multiselect/index 

The bug I was talking was when setting tagMode of kendoMultiSelect to single, clicking the clear button (x at right of textbox) doesn’t trigger “deselect” event. Not sure if it’s by design. They fixed a similar bug regarding “change” event - https://github.com/telerik/kendo-ui-core/issues/4649.

Repro snippet could be found at

https://dojo.telerik.com/AHAwETUx

Bug report

In the MultiSelect widget preventing the default of the filtering event while minLength is set to more than 1 causes the value method to not be able to properly get and set values of the selected dataItems.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo
2. Type Cha and select an item
3. Click the Clear Value button

Current behavior

The Clear Value button is able to clear the selected values but is not updating to visualize the change in the Widget

Expected/desired behavior

The button Clear Value is expected to clear the selected values and visualize the change

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2020.3.1118
• Browser: [all]

The documentation for the Kendo UI MultiSelect widget states that the user can highlight the next/previous item using RIGHT/LEFT when the selection popup is closed. This works as expected. However, if the user then presses TAB and moves the focus somewhere else, the item remains highlighted.

Since the highlight only indicates that certain actions can be executed on the item, it should be removed in such a case as the actions are no longer executable. This can easily be reproduced with the keyboard navigation sample:

• Select a few items
• press LEFT
• press TAB

Bug report

When the value of the widget is set in the dataBound event handler the filtering events is fired and e.filter is undefined

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo
2. Open the browser console and type something in the MultiSelect to filter the data.

Current behavior

The filtering event is fired a second time and the second time the e.filter is undefined.

Expected/desired behavior

Double-checlk if the filtering event should be fired a second time.
The e.filter and e.sender.dataSource.filter().filters[0] should return the same value.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2022.3.1109
• Browser: [all ]

Bug report

When the MultiSelect is created from a predefined HTML, the dataTextField and dataValueField options default to "text" and "value" instead of empty string.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo example - https://dojo.telerik.com/inUYekiL/10
2. Check the MultiSelect options in the browser console.

Current behavior

The dataTextField and dataValueField options default to text and value

Expected/desired behavior

The dataTextField and dataValueField's default values should be empty strings

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2024.3.806
• Browser: [all]