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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<input id="autocomplete" />
<button id="suggest">suggest</button>

JavaScript

var items = [ 
    { ID: 1, Name: "_Item 1" },
    { ID: 2, Name: "Item 1" },
    { ID: 3, Name: "Item 1" },
    { ID: 4, Name: "Item 1" },    
    { ID: 5, Name: "Item 2"} ];


var autocomplete = $("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
    suggest: true,
    dataSource: items,
    dataTextField: "Name"      
}).data("kendoAutoComplete");


    
$("#suggest").click(function() {

    autocomplete.search("I"); //this works
    //these 2 below do not work, how do I make it show _all_ items (no filtering)
    //autocomplete.search("");
    //autocomplete.search();    

});