For example. I have article and I attached 3 files to it. Now i open article for edit because I want to add 2 more files but delete one. Of course i could make separate list of already uploaded files. But better would be to give to this UI element list of files to be populated on initialization.

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Another important thing for upload element is file list template. Somethink like 

<script id="template" type="text/x-kendo-template">
     <div>#= filename #, [#= filesize#]  
          <span class="menu">
          <ul>
               <li>#= button_delete #</li>
               <li><input class="k-button" value="Insert into text" onclick="insert()"></li>
               <li><input class="k-button" value="Copy path to bufer" onclick="copy()"></li>
          </ul>
          </span>
     </div>
</script>

This way i can path either tmplate ID or template object and affect list of files. 

Because upload is a very important thing nowadays and usually require more options than just upload.

When working with AJAX it's essential to be able to validate a form on the fly, return errors, and deal with them without needing to actually submit the form. Please make sure the validation library works as a callable method rather than just a form submit event binding.

If it is at all possible, please implement drag & drop inside the grid to enable users who need to manually sort items in order of importance (for instance a list of books I they wish to show in certain order).

Please allow for the creation of custom UI widgets and plugins that can be tied closely with the rest of the framework similar to how jQuery plugins work but better ;)

Start off by providing good documentation of the different classes (both JS and CSS) that developers can and should use and provide guidelines for writing custom code so third party controls and extensions follow similar style (visually and programatically).

Also adding a Kendo Marketplace or something like this where developers can publish their plugins and other can vote/comment on them would be great for everyone. 

jQuery UI and the plugins that are available there are great but I think Kendo UI and the Kendo community can do better especially if we set the bar a little higher from the get go.

Just test the basic usage sample on the web site.
If you are able to set all splitters as you wish, you are the king!
All other controls work as expected.

Please add toolbar functionality to the Kendo Grid (similar to the Telerik MVC Grid using custom toolbars - http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/razor/grid/customtoolbar). Even if the toolbar has to be using strictly a template-based approach, it will still be very usable to be able to plug toolbars inside the grid itself. I know there is a talk already about custom toolbars and buttonsets in the mobile widgets. Maybe this work can then be applied to the desktop widgets as well?

With Windows 8 (and iOS/OS X) moving towards the tablet form factors as well as recent and recently announced laptops and all-in-one desktops being touch-enabled nowadays, having touch-friendly functionality UI elements suchs as toolbars and buttonsets on desktop-class widgets too will makes more and more sense as those new devices start making their ways into consumers' hands this coming year.

Having the ability to create "right mouse click" context menus would be very nice. 

We find with lots of UI vendors put up cool demos, but rarely a more realistic view. We like to see the controls in a LOB style layout with:
1. A Purchase order where you enter PO#, Date, Customer (Autocomplete), Customer Name (as result of autocomplete select), ShipToCountry.
2. Order lines (grid or other) with ProductID (autocomplete which then populates description and price), Quantity (which in turn calculates line price).
3. As a result of ajax submit, the server side validation returns error saying order value exceeds customer limit AND ShipCountry not valid for this customer. So the form displays message "Exceeds customer limit" and ShipToCountry input is highlighted with error message "Not valid for this customer".

And make it look good!

The current drop-down list works great.  However, in situations where the options are hierarchical there are (at least) two obvious solutions.

1) Have two drop-down lists (perhaps with some js altering options based on selections).

2) Display a tree of options from the drop-down. (much like a menu)

Here is an example of #1
http://www.jgeppert.com/jquery-doubleselect/


Here is a very good example of option #2
http://www.givainc.com/labs/mcdropdown_jquery_plugin.htm

The advantage to #1 is that you can easily fire off js after selected options. 

The advantage to #2 is that you can determine all available options on the server and return a structure for rendering.  Also, #2 does not take up more screen real estate. 

I think addressing these interface scenarios would help Kendo become even more usable than it already is.  

Thank you.

When you want to add a new item to TreeView you can only set the Text of that item.

Maybe it would be nice to store more data like the id of the new <li> element

If I take the splitter basic usage example and put the menu basic usage example inside the toparea of the splitter - the dropdowns of the menu comes behind the next area of the splitter and is not visible.

I've tried to adjust z-index etc on the menu to get the dropdowns over the splitterareas, but I can not get it to expand over the other splitter areas.

I can send you screenshots/code etc if you need it..
Tested with IE9 (9.0.8112.16421) and Chrome 14.0.835.202 and Opera 11.51

Please think the Kendo UI validation farmework not only in terms of client-side validation but also in terms of reporting server-side errors.

A framework that would only provide a way to display a validation error message based on a client-side rule after each related input field would not be very helpful in my opinion.

All errors need to be reported in a consistent way. My preferred option is:
- a message box at the top of a form to display all messages including OK messages and error messages (client-side and server-side).
- higlighted fields with tooltips (not to clutter the form layout) to repeat error messages in context when applicable.

Although the framework built into Kendo UI might only provide client-side validation, please make sure to provide entry points into the UI used to report errors. Alternatively, leave the UI to the developer and provide a simple way to collect all validation error messages on a form.

Multifile uploader with drag-drop feature (similar to http://aquantum-demo.appspot.com/file-upload) with fail-back option for IE browsers (flash)

The Book control is great in Silverlight. It may be possible to create a similar control in Kendo

The demo doesn't load any content into the Window UI Widget when viewed in Opera:
http://demos.kendoui.com/window/ajax.html

It works fine in FF.

Would be nice to have helper/wrappers for KendoUI for ASP.NET MVC 3

Hi,

The combobox and autocomplete are ok - but I think the usability and functionality could be dramatically be improved with better filtering, support for option groups and support for multi-select.

Can you please enhance the these controls to behave more like the Chosen dropdown control?

http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/


Thanks,
Glenn