Fires when the value has been changed.

Example

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

To set after initialization

// get a reference to the dropdown list
var dropdownlist = $("#dropdownlist").data("kendoDropDownList");
// bind to the change event
dropdownlist.bind("change", function(e) {
    // handle event
});

Fires when the drop-down list is closed

Example

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

To set after initialization

// get a reference to the dropdown list
var dropdownlist = $("#dropdownlist").data("kendoDropDownList");
// bind to the close event
dropdownlist.bind("close", function(e) {
    // handle event
});

Fires when the drop-down list is opened

Example

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

To set after initialization

// get a reference to the dropdown list
var dropdownlist = $("#dropdownlist").data("kendoDropDownList");
// bind to the open event
dropdownlist.bind("open", function(e) {
    // handle event
});

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 dropdownlist = $("#dropdownlist").kendoDropDownList({
    select: onSelect
});

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

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

Event data

item : jQuery: The selected item chosen by a user.