Prevent Custom User Input in the AutoComplete
Environment
| Product | Progress® Kendo UI® AutoComplete for jQuery |
| Operating System | Windows 10 64bit |
| Visual Studio Version | Visual Studio 2017 |
| Preferred Language | JavaScript |
Description
How can I prevent or restrict user input in the Kendo UI for jQuery AutoComplete?
Solution
The following example demonstrates how to allow only existing values in the AutoComplete widget.
<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 the UI of the AutoComplete.
$("#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>