The DropDownList's Keyboard Navigation Docs specify that the arrow keys move the highlight in the dropDownList, while Enter selects the highlighted item.

However, in reality, the arrow keys already select items. Via keyboard, it is not possible to select e.g. the third item in the list without selecting the first and the second item first (by pressing the down arrow).

E.g. the docs for Angular describe a different behavior.

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

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 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.

Currently, the Virtualized DropDownList does not handle the autoWidth property, as describe in the offical client-side API documentation.

It would be beneficial if there is a way to circumvent around this limitation.

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]

Please add support for Prefix / Suffix Adornments for DropDownList

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

`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]

Hi Team, 

I would like to request to add a class which associates with the Kendo DropDownList.  This way, the developer could use CSS instead of jQuery to change the style of the specific popup.  

Thank you!

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]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the dojo using Google Chrome browser;

2. Open the first dropdown list;

3. Select any option from the list;

4. When the drop down closes, press Ctrl+V. The selected value changes for each time the keys combination is used.

 
Expected: CTRL+V combination does not trigger value selection.

Describe the bug
While the loading icon is visible in the DropDownList when fetching data, the widget's height is changed.

To reproduce

1. Open this Dojo example - https://dojo.telerik.com/AFuQItIv/4
2. Select an item in the first DropDownList

You can compare the height of the two dropdownlists

Expected behavior
The height of the DropDownList shouldn't change when the loading icon is visible.

• Kendo UI for jQuery

Affected browsers (please remove the unneeded items)

• All

Hello,

Drop down widget is defaulted to first option even though ng-model is undefined, in case where we bind same value to k-data-value-field and k-data-text-field.

Please have a look on the below sample code where you can find issue. My expectation is drop down should not default when model value is not assigned. 

 

Code:

                                                          

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <base href="https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/dropdownlist/angular">
    <style>html { font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }</style>
    <title></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/styles/kendo.common-material.min.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/styles/kendo.material.min.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/styles/kendo.material.mobile.min.css" />

    <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/js/angular.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2019.1.115/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>


</head>
<body>
<div id="example" ng-app="KendoDemos">
    <div class="demo-section k-content" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
    <input kendo-drop-down-list
            k-data-text-field="'name'"
            ng-model="data"
            k-data-value-field="'name'"
            k-data-source="productsDataSource"
            style="width: 100%"></input>


</div>
</div>

<script>
  angular.module("KendoDemos", [ "kendo.directives" ])
      .controller("MyCtrl", function($scope){
   // $scope.data=0;
    $scope.productsDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
                        data: [{
            'name':'Active','id':0

          },{'name':'Cancel','id':1}]
                    }
                );





      });
</script>


</body>
</html>

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Team,

I'd like to request the functionality to add a Clear Button  for the Kendo UI DropDownList similar to the ComboBox.  

Thank you!

Bug report

When the DropDownList is used as an editor in the Gantt, sometimes the DropDownList popup closes on double-click. The issue is observed when the trackpad's click is set to light and a double-click is performed.

Reproduction of the problem

1. On a Macbook Pro set the trackpad click to light
2. Run this dojo
3. Double-click on an item in the title column

Current behavior

Sometimes the DropDownList opens and closes.
Screencast

Expected/desired behavior

DropDownList should remain open

Environment

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

Bug report

Even if no filtering is configured, when the delay option is different than 0 navigation between the items in the DropDownList does not work correctly.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open the Demo
2. Focus/Open the DropDownList
3. Click 's' - Small is selected
4. Click 'l' - Large is selected
5. Repeat multiple times

Current behavior

The correct item is not always selected. In the demo, no delay is configured, but the default value is 500. The delay is supposed to affect the DropDownList only when filtering is enabled.

Note: Currently, when the filter option is configured, changing selection without opening the DropDownList is not possible.
https://dojo.telerik.com/@iankodj/AhUgaXuf

Workaround

Set delay to 0 - Dojo

Expected/desired behavior

The selection of the items should be correctly changed when typing, even if a delay different than 0 is configured.
Also, it should be possible to change the selected item by typing in the keyboard even if the filter option is set and the DropDownList is closed.

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2021.1.224
• Browser: [all]