Prevent Custom Input
The following example demonstrates how to allow only existing values in the AutoComplete widget.
Example
<div id="example">
<div id="shipping">
<label for="countries" class="info">Choose shipping countries:</label>
<input id="countries" />
<div class="hint">Start typing the name of an European country</div>
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
var data = [
"Albania",
"Andorra",
"Armenia",
"Austria",
"Azerbaijan",
"Belarus",
"Belgium",
"Bosnia & Herzegovina",
"Bulgaria",
"Croatia",
"Cyprus",
"Czech Republic",
"Denmark",
"Estonia",
"Finland",
"France",
"Georgia",
"Germany",
"Greece",
"Hungary",
"Iceland",
"Ireland",
"Italy",
"Kosovo",
"Latvia",
"Liechtenstein",
"Lithuania",
"Luxembourg",
"Macedonia",
"Malta",
"Moldova",
"Monaco",
"Montenegro",
"Netherlands",
"Norway",
"Poland",
"Portugal",
"Romania",
"Russia",
"San Marino",
"Serbia",
"Slovakia",
"Slovenia",
"Spain",
"Sweden",
"Switzerland",
"Turkey",
"Ukraine",
"United Kingdom",
"Vatican City"
];
//create AutoComplete UI component
$("#countries").kendoAutoComplete({
dataSource: data,
filter: "startswith",
placeholder: "Select country...",
change: function() {
var found = false;
var value = this.value();
var data = this.dataSource.view();
for(var idx = 0, length = data.length; idx < length; idx++) {
if (data[idx] === value) {
found = true;
break;
}
}
if (!found) {
this.value("");
alert("Custom values are not allowed");
}
}
});
});
</script>
<style scoped>
.info {
display: block;
line-height: 22px;
padding: 0 5px 5px 0;
color: #36558e;
}
#shipping {
width: 482px;
height: 152px;
padding: 110px 0 0 30px;
background: url('../content/web/autocomplete/shipping.png') transparent no-repeat 0 0;
margin: 100px auto;
}
.k-autocomplete
{
width: 250px;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.hint {
line-height: 22px;
color: #aaa;
font-style: italic;
font-size: .9em;
color: #7496d4;
}
</style>
</div>
See Also
For more runnable examples on the Kendo UI AutoComplete, browse its How To documentation folder.