Kendo Select Box Field Data-Binding

by Zuhaib Siddiqui

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">
<form id="change-user">

    <select id="roles" data-role="dropdownlist" data-text-field="name" data-value-field="id" data-bind="source: userRoles, value: selectedUser.role"></select>
</form>

JavaScript

var model = kendo.observable({
    selectedUser: null,
    userRoles: [{
        id: 1,
        name: 'Admin'
    }, {
        id: 2,
        name: 'User'
    }, {
        id: 3,
        name: 'Moderator'
    }]
});

kendo.bind($('form#change-user'), model);