Bug report

When there are multiple Forms on the same page, submiting one of the Forms triggers the other Forms validation.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo - https://dojo.telerik.com/rkDeetHu
2. Click the 'Submit' button on the second Form.

Current behavior

The first Form is also validated and the field is marked as invalid.

Expected/desired behavior

Only the Form which button has been clicked have to be validated.

The issue is a regression starting with 2025.1.211 version

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.1.211
• Browser: [all]

Bug report

Form validation is very slow in 2025.Q1

Reproduction of the problem

Dojo: https://dojo.telerik.com/wKZQZqMu

1. Please choose a Kendo UI 2025.1.211 library and click run

2. Click the show form button on the grid's toolbar. Popup a new window with kendo form.

3. Please click validate button and please look at the console.

Then

1. Please choose a Kendo UI 2024.4.1112 library and click run

2. Click the show form button on the grid's toolbar. Popup a new window with kendo form.

3. Please click validate button and please look at the console.

The issue is a regression starting with 2025.1.211

Environment
jQuery: 3.4.1
Kendo UI version: 2025.1.211
Browser: [all]

Hi Team, 

I would like to request a configuration for the Kendo UI Form to place the validation message in other positions such as above or below the editor. 

Thanks!

Enhancement

Expose a clearButton API configuration that will remove or add the clear button from the Form

Overview

Currently, in order to omit the Clear Button from the Form, a programmatical or styling approach should be embarked. However, based on demand, client would find it more intuitive if this operation can be performed through a built-in configuration.

E.g:

<script>
    $("#myForm").kendoForm({
        formData: {
            ID: 1,
            Name: "Ivan",
            Address: "Sofia"
        },
        clearButton: false,
    });
</script>

Please add support for nesting groups in the form-control. 

As written on your page https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/controls/form/groups nesting of groups is not supported.  

As we are developing a highly configurable software we have the need to edit properties of json-objects via UI for the needs of our customers. A schema for validating fields and so on exists, but unfortunately we cannot use "form"-Control because the objects do have nested objects in multiple hierachy levels. 

Therefore nesting of groups would be really great.

Bug report
Custom Validation Message for RadioGroup/CheckBoxGroup in a Form is not reflected 

Reproduction of the problem

Dojo: https://dojo.telerik.com/UCIRUWeP

Expected/desired behavior
Validation message shall be updated

Environment
Kendo UI version: [all]
jQuery version: x.y
Browser: [Firefox XX]

Enhancement
Form in horizontal orientation does not align the items correctly in the grid layout

Reproduction of the problem

Dojo: https://dojo.telerik.com/oJutUjUH

Current behavior
3rd item with colSpan of 2 does not take the whole available space

Expected/desired behavior

3rd item shall align according to previous items

Environment
Kendo UI version: [all]
jQuery version: [all]
Browser: [all]

Bug report

A Form group label encoded option cannot be set to false.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo example - https://dojo.telerik.com/eGEqEbEw/8

Current behavior

The HTML is not decoded

Expected/desired behavior

The HTML in the text configuration should be decoded

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2022.2.621
• Browser: [all]

Hi Team,

I would like to request that when the Kendo UI Form submits a checkbox boolean value to pass as True/False instead of On/Off. Currently, I am using a custom editor which will perform the true/false submission.

Thank you!

Bug report

An error is thrown when you try to clear a Form with an Upload or any other widget that does not have a "value" method.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo example - https://dojo.telerik.com/@martin.tabakov@progress.com/OWOPiteD/3.
2. Hit the clear button.

Workaround: https://dojo.telerik.com/@iankodj/oLAKiCuK/2

Current behavior

An error is thrown when you hit the clear button.

Expected/desired behavior

No error should be thrown when the clear button is hit.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2021.3.914
• Browser: [all]

Bug report

When a string that could be evaluated as a Date is used in the Form, a DatePicker is rendered instead of TextBox

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo linked here

Current behavior

The fromData for the first field is set as string 'TextBox1: "12/11/1969"', however, the '12/11/1969' could be evaluated as a Date. Thus, the From displays a DatePicker although the field is not explicitly casted to Date.

Expected/desired behavior

When the value is not explicitly set as a Date a TextBox should be rendered in the Form.

Workaround

var MyModel = kendo.data.Model.define({
              fields: {
                  "TextBox1": {
                      type: "string"
                  },
                  "TextBox2": {
                      type: "string"
                  }
              }
          });

Dojo

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2021.2.616
• Browser: [all]

Hi Team,

I would like to request adding a simple checkbox into the items.editor instead of just the switch.  This would be great if the k-checkbox-label was also included with the editor.

Currently I have a solution in which I can create a checkbox editor, but it could be so much better if I didn't have to write an extra editor function for a simple checkbox.

Thank you for your consideration

Please support the plain TextBox as a valid editor within form configuration.  There are times when I would like to put a number into a plain textbox and apply custom code to that rather than use a NumericTextBox.

EG:

{ field: "uploaded", label: "A Label", validation: { required: true }, colSpan: 3, editor: "TextBox" }

Create a new instance of a Kendo form with an item where the validation's required property is set to true. For example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Example Form</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2021.2.616/styles/kendo.default-v2.min.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="example"></form>
    <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2021.2.616/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2021.2.616/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      $(document).ready(function () {
        var validationSuccess = $("#validation-success");

        $("#example").kendoForm({
          formData: {
            FirstName: ''
          },
          layout: 'grid',
          grid: {
            cols: 2,
            gutter: 16
          },
          items: [
            {
              field: 'FirstName',
              label: 'First Name',
              validation: {
                required: true
              }
            }
          ]
        });
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

The feature request is to send the label value to the validator rather than the field value.

I understand that the required property can take an object, such as:

required: { message: 'First Name is required' }