mvvm ddl

by valchev

HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.metro.min.css">
<div id="example">
    <input id="dropdown" data-role="dropdownlist" data-text-field="text" data-value-field="value" data-bind="source: remoteSrc" data-autobind="false" data-option-label="Select An Option"/>
    <input id="datepicker" data-role="datepicker" data-bind="value: date" data-max-value="value: max"/>
    <br />
    Value: <span style="color: green" data-bind="text: inputVal"></span>
    <br />
    Value: <span style="color: green" data-bind="text: date"></span>
</div>

JavaScript

var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
    transport: {
        read: {
            //using jsfiddle echo service to simulate JSON endpoint
            url: "/echo/json/",
            dataType: "json",
            type: "POST",
            data: {
                // /echo/json/ echoes the JSON which you pass as an argument
                json: JSON.stringify([
                    {
                    "text": "Item1",
                    "value": 1},
                {
                    "text": "Item2",
                    "value": 2},
                {
                    "text": "Item3",
                    "value": 3}
                ])
            }
        }
    }
});

var viewModel = kendo.observable({
    remoteSrc: dataSource,
    inputVal: 1,
    date: new Date(),
    max: new Date(2013, 0, 1)
});

kendo.bind($("#example"), viewModel);