Filter Values in MultiSelects Sharing the Same Data

Environment

Product	Progress® Kendo UI® MultiSelect for jQuery
Operating System	Windows 10 64bit
Visual Studio Version	Visual Studio 2017
Preferred Language	JavaScript

Description

How can I filter the values of two Kendo UI widgets, which share the same data, based on user selection?

Solution

The following example demonstrates how to achieve the desired scenario.

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    <select id="multiselect1">
    </select>
    <br />
    <select id="multiselect2">
    </select>
    <script>
      var initialData = [{id:1, name: "item1"}, {id:2, name: "item2"}, {id:3, name: "item3"}];

      function distinctValues(values) {
        return initialData.filter(function(current){
          return values.filter(function(initial){
            return initial == current.id
          }).length == 0
        });
      }

      $("#multiselect1").kendoMultiSelect({
        dataSource: initialData,
        dataTextField: "name",
        dataValueField: "id",
        change: function() {
          var ms2 = $("#multiselect2").getKendoMultiSelect();
          var values = distinctValues(this.value());
          ms2.dataSource.data(values);
        }
      });

      $("#multiselect2").kendoMultiSelect({
        dataTextField: "name",
        dataValueField: "id",
        dataSource: initialData,
        change: function() {
          var ms1 = $("#multiselect1").getKendoMultiSelect();
                    var values = distinctValues(this.value());
          ms1.dataSource.data(values);
        }
      });
    </script>