change
Fires when the value has been changed.

To set after initialization

var autoComplete = $("#autoComplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
$("#autoComplete").data("kendoAutoComplete").bind("change", function(e) {
    // handle event
});
close
Fires when the drop-down list is closed

Example

$("#autoComplete").kendoAutoComplete({
    close: function(e) {
        // handle event
    }
});

To set after initialization

var autoComplete = $("#autoComplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
autoComplete.bind("close", function(e) {
    // handle event
});
open
Fires when the drop-down list is opened

Example

$("#autoComplete").kendoAutoComplete({
    open: function(e) {
        // handle event
    }
});

Example

var autoComplete = $("#autoComplete").data("kendoAutoComplete");
autoComplete.bind("open", function(e) {
    // handle event
});
select
Triggered when a Li element is selected.

Attach select event handler during initialization; detach via unbind()

// event handler for select
var onSelect = function(e) {
    // access the selected item via e.item (jQuery object)
};

// attach select event handler during initialization
var autocomplete = $("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
    select: onSelect
});

// detach select event handler via unbind()
autocomplete.data("kendoAutoComplete").unbind("select", onSelect);

Attach select event handler via bind(); detach via unbind()

// event handler for select
var onSelect = function(e) {
    // access the selected item via e.item (jQuery object)
};

// attach select event handler via bind()
$("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete").bind("select", onSelect);

// detach select event handler via unbind()
$("#autocomplete").data("kendoAutoComplete").unbind("select", onSelect);

Event data

item : jQuery
The selected item chosen by a user.