cant get value from dropdown list(kedo drop down)

Question

I ma newbie on jquery UI. Can you please tell why

$('#ddlPanel').data("kendoDropDownList").select($("#ddlPanel")[0].selectedIndex);

Didn't fetch me value after a post back.

I will make that simple. on selecting any value from dropdown, the value should be retained after onclick.

I have tried the above one but results with an undefined value.

<select id="ddlPanel"> <option value="0">Select Business Unit</option> . . </select> <select id="ddlPanel"> <option value="0">Select Business Unit</option> . . </select> This is from .cshtml $('#ddlPanel').data("kendoDropDownList").select($("#ddlPanel")[0].selectedIndex)‌​;

And i used the above jquery to retain the value after postback

Answer 1

You can do $("#ddlPanel").data("kendoDropDownList").text(); or $('#ddlPanel').data("kendoDropDownList").value(); to get value from DropDownList.. You can refer jsfiddle