placeholder String(default: "")

The hint displayed by the widget when it is empty. Not set by default.

Example - specify placeholder option

<input id="multicolumncombobox" />
<script>
$("#multicolumncombobox").kendoMultiColumnComboBox({
  placeholder: "Select..."
});
</script>

Example - specify placeholder as HTML attribute

<input id="multicolumncombobox" placeholder="Select..." />

<script>
$("#multicolumncombobox").kendoMultiColumnComboBox({
    dataSource: [
      { text: "Apples", value: "1" },
      { text: "Oranges", value: "2" }
    ],
    columns: [
      { field: "text", title: "Text" },
      { field: "value", title: "Value" }
    ]
});
</script>