enable

Enables or disables the DropDownButton and all the items in the Button list.

Parameters

state Boolean

Indicates whether the DropDownButton should be enabled or disabled. true and false arguments are accepted. If no argument is supplied, the DropDownButton will assume true and will be enabled.

items String|jQuery

Collection of the items to disabled/enabled.

Example

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { text: "item 1" },
            { text: "item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");
    // disable button
    button.enable(false);
</script>

Example - disable a specific item

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { id: "item1", text: "Item 1" },
            { id: "item2", text: "Item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");

    button.enable(false, "#item1");
</script>

Example - disable a collection of items

<button id="dropdownbutton" type="button">Button</button>
<script>
    $("#dropdownbutton").kendoDropDownButton({
        items:[
            { id: "item1", text: "Item 1" },
            { id: "item2", text: "Item 2" }
        ]
    });
    var button = $("#dropdownbutton").data("kendoDropDownButton");

    button.enable(false, $("#item1, #item2"));
</script>