PreselectDropDownList

HTML

<script src="/siliconsoul/DTS6U/"></script>
<script src="/siliconsoul/DTS6U/"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/styles/kendo.blueopal.min.css">
<script src=" http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1129/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<div id="localization_container" class="localization_container">
    <input id="localization_dropdownlist" class="localization_dropdownlist" />
</div>

JavaScript

var cultures = [{
    display_name: "United States (English)",
    culture_info: "en-Us"
                    },
               {
    display_name: "France (French)",
    culture_info: "fr-FR"
                    },
               {
    display_name: "Sweden (Swedish)",
    culture_info: "sv-SE"
                    }];

var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({data: cultures });

$("#localization_dropdownlist").width(200).kendoDropDownList(
{
    autoBind: false,
    dataTextField: "display_name",
    dataValueField: "culture_info",
    filter: "contains",
    dataSource: dataSource
});
var selected_value = cultures[1].culture_info;
var selected_text = cultures[1].display_name;

$("#localization_dropdownlist").val(selected_value).data("kendoDropDownList").text(selected_text);
alert($("#localization_dropdownlist").value());
alert($("#localization_dropdownlist").text());