JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<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">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css">
<input id="input"/>
JavaScript
var data = [
{text: "Itemidihfsdihfsdhfhsdkjhfkjsdhfkjhsdkjhfkj1", value:"1"},
{text: "Item1", value:"2"},
{text: "Item2", value:"3"},
{text: "Item3", value:"4"}
];
$("#input").kendoDropDownList({
dataTextField: "text",
dataValueField: "value",
dataSource: data,
dataBound: function() {
$(this.items()).each(function(index, item) {
var model = $("#input").data("kendoDropDownList").dataItem(index);
$(item).attr("title", "A sample tooltip for: " + model.text);
});
}
});