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Floating Label

A floating label is a placeholder text for form or input fields, which floats above that field and remains visible once the user starts interacting with that field.

To implement a floating label in the Kendo UI for jQuery ComboBox, define it either as a string or from a function.

The following example demonstrates how to set the floating label as a string:

    <input id="combobox" /> 
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("#combobox").kendoComboBox({
                dataSource:[
                    { text: "John" },
                    { text: "Patrick" },
                    { text: "Simon"}
                ],
                dataTextField:"text",
                label: {
                    content: "First Name",
                    floating: true
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

The following example demonstrates how to set the floating label from a function:

    <input id="combobox" /> 
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("#combobox").kendoComboBox({
                dataSource:[
                    { text: "John" },
                    { text: "Patrick" },
                    { text: "Simon"}
                ],
                dataTextField:"text",
                label: {
                    content: function(){
                        return "First Name";
                    },
                    floating: true
                }
            });
        });
    </script>

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