select

Fired when an item from the popup is selected by the user.

Important: The event is not fired when an item is selected programmatically.

Event Data

e.dataItem Object

The data item instance of the selected item.

e.item jQuery

The jQuery object which represents the selected item.

e.sender kendo.ui.MultiSelect

The widget instance which fired the event.

Example - subscribe to the "select" event during initialization

<select id="multiselect" multiple="multiple">
    <option>Item1</option>
    <option>Item2</option>
</select>
<script>
$("#multiselect").kendoMultiSelect({
  select: function(e) {
    var item = e.item;
    var text = item.text();
    // Use the selected item or its text
  }
});
</script>

Example - subscribe to the "select" event after initialization

<select id="multiselect" multiple="multiple">
    <option>Item1</option>
    <option>Item2</option>
</select>
<script>
function multiselect_select(e) {
  var item = e.item;
  var text = item.text();
  // Use the selected item or its text
}
$("#multiselect").kendoMultiSelect();
var multiselect = $("#multiselect").data("kendoMultiSelect");
multiselect.bind("select", multiselect_select);
</script>

Example - prevent the item selection

<select id="multiselect" multiple="multiple">
    <option>Item1</option>
    <option>Item2</option>
</select>
<script>
$("#multiselect").kendoMultiSelect({
  select: function(e) {
    //call preventDefault() to prevent the selection
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});
</script>