Don't close datepicker
Kendo Grid Bare jsFiddle
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.3.1119/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.3.1119/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2013.3.1119/styles/kendo.silver.min.css">
<input id="datepicker" value="10/10/2011" style="width:150px;" />
JavaScript
$("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker({
close: function(e) {
setTimeout(function() {
alert('hi');
e.preventDefault(); //prevent popup closing
}, 2000)
}
});