autoBind Boolean(default: true)

Controls whether to bind the widget to the data source on initialization.

Example

<select id="multiselect" multiple="multiple">
    <option>Item1</option>
    <option>Item2</option>
</select>
<script>
    $("#multiselect").kendoMultiSelect({
      placeholder: "Select products...",
      dataTextField: "ProductName",
      dataValueField: "ProductID",
      dataBound: function(){
        //Alert will be displayed when the data is bound to the component
        alert('Data is bound')
      },
      autoBind: false,
      dataSource: {
        type: "odata",
        serverFiltering: true,
        transport: {
          read: {
            url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service/Northwind.svc/Products",
          }
        }
      }
    });
</script>