Kendo UI for jQuery MultiColumnComboBox Overview
The MultiColumnComboBox visualizes huge sets of data in a grid-like table.
Besides the core virtualization, templates, cascading, and data-binding functionality that the standard Kendo UI ComboBox provides, the MultiColumnComboBox enables you to define columns that will be rendered in the drop-down and specify against which fields from the data source the filter will apply.
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Initializing the MultiColumnComboBox
To initialize the MultiColumnComboBox, use any of the following approaches:
- Use the
<option>tag of an existing<select>element with defined data items. - Bind the widget to a local data array and use the
<input>element. - Bind the widget to a remote data service and use the
<input>element.
- Verify that you create the MultiColumnComboBox within a
$(document).ready()statement because the widget has to be initialized after the DOM fully loads.- The widget copies any styles and CSS classes from the
inputelement to thewrapperelement and visible input.
Functionality and Features
- Data binding—The MultiColumnComboBox enables you to bind it to local data arrays and to remote data services.
- Columns—You can configure multiple columns based on the data fields in the MultiColumnComboBox.
- Filtering—The MultiColumnComboBox allows you to filter its data.
- Grouping—You can use the provided options for displaying data items categorized by a specific model field of the MultiColumnComboBox.
- Virtualization—The MultiColumnComboBox enables you to display large datasets by using a fixed amount of list items in its popup list.
- Templates—You can also control the way a MultiColumnComboBox item or the popup header and footer are rendered by using the Kendo UI templates.
- Cascading MultiColumnComboBoxes—The cascading functionality of the MultiColumnComboBox enables you to implement a series of two or more components in which each MultiColumnComboBox is filtered according to the selected options in the previous one.
- Appearance—You can use the available styling options for configuring the size, border radius, and fill mode of the MultiColumnComboBox.
- Prefix and suffix—The MultiColumnComboBox component lets you add custom content as prefix and suffix adornments.
Next Steps
- Getting Started with the Kendo UI MultiColumnComboBox for jQuery
- Basic Usage of the MultiColumnComboBox (Demo)
- JavaScript API Reference of the MultiColumnComboBox