AutoComplete - prevented

by valchev

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1114/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1114/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1114/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<input id="titles"/>

JavaScript

$("#titles").kendoAutoComplete({
    minLength: 3,
    dataTextField: "Name",
    dataSource: {
        type: "odata",
        serverFiltering: true,
        serverPaging: true,
        pageSize: 20,
        transport: {
            read: "http://odata.netflix.com/Catalog/Titles"
        },
        requestEnd: function(e) {
            var autocomplete = $("#titles").data("kendoAutoComplete");
            if(e.type === "read" && autocomplete.value() === "") {
                autocomplete.one("dataBound", function(e) {
                    autocomplete.value("");
                });                    
            }
        }
    },
    suggest: true
}).data("kendoAutoComplete").dataSource.read();