autoBind Boolean(default: true)

Indicates whether the pager refresh method will be called within its initialization.

Example - disable reading the state of the DataSource instance during initialization

<div id="pager"></div>

<script>
    var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
        data: [
            { productName: "Tea", category: "Beverages" },
            { productName: "Coffee", category: "Beverages" },
            { productName: "Ham", category: "Food" },
            { productName: "Bread", category: "Food" }
        ],
        pageSize: 25
      });

    dataSource.read();

    $("#pager").kendoPager({
      autoBind: false,
      dataSource: dataSource
    });
</script>
<style>
  #pager{
   margin-top: 100px;
  }
</style>
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