Kendo

by krustev

HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.2.804/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.2.804/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.2.804/styles/kendo.kendo.min.css">
<script src="http://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
product: <input id="products"/>

JavaScript

var productsDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
    type: "odata",
    serverFiltering: true,
    transport: {
        read: "http://services.odata.org/Northwind/Northwind.svc/Products"
    },
    group: {field: "ProductID"} //group by SupplierID field
});

$("#products").kendoDropDownList({
    autoBind: false,
    dataTextField: "items[0].ProductName", //use first item from the group
    dataValueField: "items[0].ProductID",
    dataSource: productsDataSource
});