Kendo UI for jQuery ComboBox Overview
The ComboBox displays a list of values, allowing for making a single selection from that list. The component enables the user to enter custom values through the keyboard and represents a richer version of the <select> element.
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Functionality and Features
- Data binding—The ComboBox enables you to bind it to local data arrays and to remote data services.
- Grouping—You can use the provided options for displaying data items categorized by a specific model field of the ComboBox.
- Server filtering—The ComboBox allows you to perform server-side data filtering.
- Templates—You can also control the way a ComboBox item or the popup header and footer are rendered by using the Kendo UI templates.
- Virtualization—The ComboBox enables you to display large datasets by using a fixed amount of list items in its popup list.
- Appearance—You can use the available styling options for configuring the size, border radius, and fill mode of the ComboBox.
- Cascading ComboBoxes—The cascading functionality of the ComboBox enables you to implement a series of two or more ComboBoxes in which each ComboBox is filtered according to the selected options in the previous ComboBox.
- Prefix and suffix—The ComboBox component lets you add custom content as prefix and suffix adornments.
To learn more about the appearance, anatomy, and accessibility of the ComboBox, visit the Progress Design System documentation—an information portal offering rich component usage guidelines, descriptions of the available style variables, and globalization support details.
Next Steps
- Getting Started with the Kendo UI ComboBox for jQuery
- Overview of the ComboBox (Demo)
- Using the API of the ComboBox (Demo)