change
Fires when the value has been changed.

Example

$("#comboBox").kendoComboBox({
    change: function(e) {
        // handle event
    }
});

To set after initialization

// get a reference to instance of the Kendo UI ComboBox
var combobox = $("#comboBox").data("kendoComboBox");
// bind to the change event
combobox.bind("change", function(e) {
    // handle event
});
close
Fires when the drop-down list is closed

Example

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

To set after initialization

// get a reference to instance of the Kendo UI ComboBox
var combobox = $("#comboBox").data("kendoComboBox");
// bind to the close event
combobox.bind("close", function(e) {
    // handle event
});
open
Fires when the drop-down list is opened

Example

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

To set after initialization

// get a reference to instance of the Kendo UI ComboBox
var combobox = $("#comboBox").data("kendoComboBox");
// bind to the open event
combobox.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 combobox = $("#combobox").kendoComboBox({
    select: onSelect
});

// detach select event handler via unbind()
combobox.data("kendoComboBox").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()
$("#combobox").data("kendoComboBox").bind("select", onSelect);

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

Event data

item : jQuery
The selected item chosen by a user.