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jQuery Support

Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC is a set of server-side wrappers that wrap Kendo UI for jQuery widgets.

The Kendo UI library is based on jQuery and all Kendo UI bundles before R3 2023 include the corresponding minified jQuery library in their js directories.

As of R3 2023 the Kendo UI bundles do not include the jQuery library in their js directories and you can use any available jQuery source you prefer (https://jquery.com/download/). In order for the Kendo UI scripts to work as expected, always include a reference to the jQuery library in the document before the scripts.

Supported Versions

Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC is compatible with jQuery 1.10.x, 2.2.x and 3.7.0. Usually, each newly released jQuery version introduces breaking changes and is not compatible with the existing Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC. In such cases, use the previous jQuery version until the release of the next official Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC version that resolves the issue is released.

Generally, the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC service packs and their related major releases ship with the same jQuery version. The jQuery version changes only with new major releases.

The following table provides a list of the jQuery versions that are compatible with the major Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC releases and their corresponding service packs.

Major Releases Compatible jQuery Versions
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2024.4.1112 (2024 Q4) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2024.3.806 (2024 Q3) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2024.2.514 (2024 Q2) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2024.1.130 (2024 Q1) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2023.3.1010 (R3 2023) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2023.2.606 (R2 2023) 3.7.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2023.1.117 (R1 2023) 3.6.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2022.3.913 (R3 2022) 3.6.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2022.2.510 (R2 2022) 3.6.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2022.1.119 (R1 2022) 3.6.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2021.3.914 (R3 2021) 3.6.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2021.2.511 (R2 2021) 3.6.0, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2021.1.119 (R1 2021) 3.5.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2020.3.915 (R3 2020) 3.5.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2020.2.513 (R2 2020) 3.5.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2020.1.114 (R1 2020) 3.4.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2019.3.917 (R3 2019) 3.4.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2019.2.514 (R2 2019) 3.4.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2019.1.115 (R1 2019) 3.3.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2018.3.911 (R3 2018) 3.3.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2018.2.516 (R2 2018) 3.3.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2018.1.117 (R1 2018) 3.1.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.4, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2017.3.913 (R3 2017) 3.1.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.3, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2017.2.504 (R2 2017) 3.1.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.3, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2017.1.118 (R1 2017) 3.1.1, 2.2.x, 1.12.3, 1.10.x
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2016.3.1118 (R3 2016 SP2) 1.12.3
UI for ASP.NET MVC 2016.3.914 (R3 2016) 2.2.x, 1.12.3, 1.10.x

Working with Earlier Versions

Occasionally, a legacy web application might require an earlier jQuery version that is incompatible with Kendo UI. To solve this issue, use a recent jQuery version together with the jQuery Migrate plugin. It restores the jQuery features that have been depreciated and provides for the required backward compatibility.

See Also

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