Bug report
Setting `autoWidth = true` breaks height in mobile adaptiveMode

Reproduction of the problem
https://dojo.telerik.com/wUbmMdkt

autoWidth: true"

autoWidth: false

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

I have upgraded a huge project we have, from Kendo UI 2017 to the latest version.
I managed to fix all the incompatibility issues that I had with the latest version and now it's ready to go live.

In the final regression tests our customer found a bug and now we are stack and cannot deploy the project.

Here is the problem:

In the DropdownList, if you type something and then press the clear button, the change event is firing two times. One with the value that you typed before and then one again with an empty value (the right one). The biggest problem is that there is no way to determine that the first event is coming from the clear button and not from the user, so I cannot find any workaround this.

I searched and I found that this started after this change.

You can check this dojo for a reproduction of the problem.
Steps:
Type "it" in the dropdownlist,
Wait for the items to popup
Don't select any item but press the clear button of the dropdownlist
You can see the attached image the wrong events.
If you select a version after 2019 R3, the change event is firing twice. If you select an older version the change event is not firing at all.

I can understand a change event with an empty value and I don't have any problem with that, but the first event is totally wrong.
Is there any quick solution to this so we can catch the deadline and deploy the new version of our project?

Thank you for your time,
John Dendrinos

Add a filterOptions option that will enable users to configure attributes, placeholder, etc for the search box of the DropDownList. 

Bug report

Binding an MVVM DropDownList to a property that is null results in an error on the console.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this example - https://dojo.telerik.com/@martin.tabakov@progress.com/eNUMeLix

Current behavior

An error is thrown

Expected/desired behavior

No errors should be thrown

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2023.1.117
• Browser: [all]

Bug report

When the DropDownList is configured with autoWidth:true, each opening of the component increases the width of the popup with 1px

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo example - https://dojo.telerik.com/VzPJHcmm
2. Open the DropDownList multiple times

Current behavior

The width of the popup increases with each opening

Expected Behavior

The width should remain the same

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.1.227
• Browser: [all]

Bug Report

The cascade event is triggered on initialization of the DropDownLists

Reproduction of the issue

1. Open this Dojo - https://dojo.telerik.com/nGNFvRwt
2. Open the browser console

Current behaviour

The cascade event is triggered on initialization

Expected behaviour

The event should be triggered when the value of the "parent" DropDownList is changed.

Bug report

`DropDownListSelectEvent.dataItem` is undefined when using keyboard to select the optionLabel, but is defined when using the mouse

Reproduction of the problem

Steps

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

Make a selection (e.g. "Apples").
Select the optionLabel item.

Expected

The value of DropDownListSelectEvent.dataItem is the same whether the selection is made via keyboard or mouse (assumedly).
The value of DropDownListSelectEvent.dataItem is clearly specified in the API docs when selecting the optionLabel.

Actual
The value of DropDownListSelectEvent.dataItem is "Select an option…" when selecting with the mouse.
The value of DropDownListSelectEvent.dataItem is undefined when selecting with the keyboard.

Environment
Kendo UI version: 2024.1.130
Browser: [all]

Bug report

The value of a disabled DropDownList is not announced in the below screen reader -> browser combinations:

NVDA with Chrome
JAWS with Chrome

The value is correctly announced by NVDA in Firefox.

After testing the scenario with the ComboBox, the value was correctly announced in all screen reader -> browser combinations.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this Dojo example in Chrome with JAWS/NVDA - https://runner.telerik.io/fullscreen/ERAxiqIy/3
2. Click the Enable checkbox
3. Select a value from the DropDownList
4. Click the Enable checkbox again.
5. Focus the Checkbox and press the down arrow key.

Current behavior

The screen reader announces the disabled state of the DropDownList, but does not announce its value.

Note - the value of the regular select element below the DropDownList is announced.

Expected/desired behavior

The value of the disabled DropDownList should be announced in the above mentioned combinations.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2023.1.117
• Browser: [Chrome]

Bug report

When navigating between inputs and after using Shift+Tab for focusing on a previous input the DropdOwnList popup does not close on pressing 'Enter' key.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open Dojo
2. Focus the text input
3. Press Tab to focus the DropDownList
4. Press shift-tab to focus the text input
5. Press again Tab to focus the DropDownList
6. Press Alt+down to expand the dropdown
7. Press the down arrow to select an option in the dropdown
8. Press Enter key

Current behavior

The popup does not close. If we directly focus the DropDownList and follow steps 6-8 the popup will close.

Expected/desired behavior

The DropDownList should close when pressing the 'Enter' key.

Environment

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

The dropDownList supports several keyboard shortcuts as documented in https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dropdownlist/keyboard-navigation. However, when e.g. a KeyDown event is triggered (and handled) by the widget, its propagation is not stopped. This behavior can be witnessed in this DOJO.

In our case, we e.g. use dropDownLists inside dialog windows that can be closed via ESC. When pressing ESC while a dropDownList is focused, this not only closes the dropDownList (as expected), but also closes the dialog.

The dropDownList should stop the propagation of events that it handled.

Bug report

DropDownList: dataItem(e.item) returns undefined when selecting across different groups

Regression since 2026.1.212

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the next Dojo: https://dojo.telerik.com/aVJUwDTZ

2. Open the DropDownList.

3. Select an item from a group different from the one currently active/selected.

Observe the console for this.dataItem(e.item).

Current behavior
undefined is logged for this.dataItem(e.item)

Workaround: https://dojo.telerik.com/LUdpEmnY

Environment
Kendo UI version: 2026.1.212 or newer
Browser: all

Bug report

When filtering the DropDownList data when a limited amount of items remain the popup container is displayed above the DropDown element when sufficient space is available below the element

Reproduction of the problem

1. Run this dojo
2. Enter "123" - the popup container with the list of items is displayed below the DropDown element
3. Enter "1234" - the popup container with the list of items is displayed above the DropDown element when sufficient space is available below the element
4. Enter "12345" - the NoDataTemplate is displayed above the DropDown element when sufficient space is available below the element

Expected/desired behavior

The popup container with the list of items should be displayed below the DropDown element when sufficient space is available below the element

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2020.1.406
• Browser: [all]

Bug Report

When a filterable DropDownList uses a tooltip for each item, the DropDownList will close.

Reproducible

DropDownList Filter + Tooltip Issue | Kendo UI Dojo
Steps to reproduce are in the Dojo

Expected Behavior

The DropDownList should remain open with the tooltip.

Workaround

Use a flag to handle when the DropDownList will close:
DropDownList/ToolTip - Prevent Closing | Kendo UI Dojo

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.2.702
• jQuery version: All Supported Versions
• Browser: all

With Kendo version 2025.2.520 the filterInput text has been set and the current value is 'Filter'. However, there is no built-in option in the API that provides the possibility to change the text. As the text is not part of the messages, it can not be localized in case another language is used.

Dojo - https://dojo.telerik.com/zidaocyO

Add the filter input text to the messages so localization and customizing the text are possible.

Bug report

When the DropDownList component is configured with Adaptive Mode and Filtering, opening the dropdown on a mobile device and attempting to type in the search field causes the popup to close immediately.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo link: Telerik Dojo on a mobile device or use mobile emulation in a browser.
2. Click on the DropDownList to expand the options.
3. Tap inside the search field to start typing.

Current behavior

With Adaptive Mode and Filtering enabled, the DropDownList popup closes immediately when tapping the search field on a mobile device.

Expected/desired behavior

The DropDownList popup should remain open when tapping the search field on a mobile device, allowing users to enter text and filter options.

TicketID:

1678876

Environment

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

Bug report

In the DropDownList component with filtering, opening the dropdown on a mobile device and attempting to type in the search field causes the popup to close immediately.

Regression introduced with 2025.1.211

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo link: Telerik Dojo on a mobile device or use mobile emulation in a browser.
2. Click on the DropDownList to expand the options.
3. Tap inside the search field to start typing.

Current behavior

The DropDownList popup closes immediately when tapping the search field on a mobile device.

Expected/desired behavior

The DropDownList popup should remain open when tapping the search field on a mobile device, allowing users to enter text and filter options.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2025.1.227
• Browser: [all]

Bug report

The change event is not fired when using the keyboard navigation in the DropDownList, if we first click in the filtering input.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo - https://dojo.telerik.com/@NeliKondova/AnACEzIV
2. Open the popup and use the up and down arrows to navigate between the items.
3. Click in the filtering input.
4. Press enter to select an item

Current behavior

Item is selected, but the 'change' event is not triggered. If we do not focus on the filtering input, the change event will be fired. It will be fired also if the mouse is used. - screencast

Expected/desired behavior

The change event should always be fired when the selection in the DropDownList is changed, even if the user clicks in the filtering input.

Environment

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

Hi 

I'm using  lastest version 

demo: https://dojo.telerik.com/eZOPEVeL

In offical demo i found a problem, i don't know that is a issue or any thing.

When i use DropDownList Virtualization, i filter "LILA-Supermercado" then selected a value 10780, then fire change event (that true)

Then, I open and close dropdownlist, does not choose any thing, just open and close, dropdownlist fire change event again (that not true)

this happen with any value which not loading before scroll.

some one help me

Bug report

When remote data is loaded in the DropDownList and the loading icon appears while loading, the down arrow icon remains visible. Thus, both icons are overlapping.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Dojo
   Note: if the data loads fast and the issue does not occur, open the browser developer tools in order to hit the debugger in the requestEnd event handler

Current behavior

Both - the loading indicator and the down arrow icon appear at the same time:

Expected/desired behavior

The down arrow icon should disappear while the loading indicator is displayed.

The issue is a regression starting with the 2023 R2 (2023.2.606) version

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2023.3.1010
• Browser: [all]

Bug report

The Kendo UI DropDownList's OptionLabel has some padding before the OptionLabel which does not match corresponding items in list.

Reproduction of the problem

Please visit this Progress Kendo UI Dojo and open the Kendo UI DropDownList.

Current behavior

Expected/desired behavior

The OptionLabel should be matching the items below it.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2022.1.301
• jQuery version: Supported Versions
• Browser: all