select

Fires when the user selects an item in BottomNavigation.

Event Data

e.originalEvent Object

The original DOM event.

e.sender kendo.ui.BottomNavigation

The BottomNavigation instance that triggered the event.

e.data Object

The contextual data passed via items.data option.

e.item jQuery

The item selected.

e.preventDefault Function

If invoked prevents the item selection.

Example

<nav id="bottomnav"></nav>

<script>
    $("#bottomnav").kendoBottomNavigation({
        items: [
            { text: "Home", icon: "home", url: "http://www.telerik.com", data: { view: "home" } },
            { text: "Info", icon: "info-circle", data: { view: "info" } },
            { text: "Contact", icon: "envelope", data: { view: "email" } }
        ],
        select: function (ev) {
            var data = ev.data;
            var item = ev.item;

            if (item.is("a")) {
                // prevent navigation from links.
                ev.originalEvent.preventDefault();
            }

            if (data.view === "email") {
                // prevent selection
                ev.preventDefault();
            }

            alert(data.view);
        }
    })
</script>