KendoUI Panel Bar Selection Issue

It seems odd that if the method select is invoked, the event select is not raised.

by nickbabcock

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>
<ul id="panelbar">
    <li>Selection 1 </li>
    <li> Selection 2</li>
</ul>

<button>Select 2nd</button>

JavaScript

$('#panelbar').kendoPanelBar({
    select: function() { alert("You have made a selection"); }
});

$('button').addClass('k-button')
    .click(function() {
        var pbar = $('#panelbar').data('kendoPanelBar');
        var items = $('li');
        pbar.select(items[1]);
    });